Making a post

Step 1: Login and add new post

To get started, make sure you’re logged into the Art School Portal with your RMIT credentials, then click + New and select Post.

Step 2: Add the post content

In the title field, enter a descriptive title for your post, then add text, images, audio or video to your post:

You can format text as you would in any word processing tool on the Visual tab:

Add text to post
If you want to edit the HTML of your post, use the Text tab.

To add an image, click Add Media, and then you can add images by doing one of the following:

Upload your own

Select the Upload Files tab, then browse to find an image on your computer or drag and drop an image from your computer.

Select a Creative Commons image in the Media Library.

Click the Media Library tab, then in the Filter by media category drop-down, select Creative Commons.

Add an image from Flickr or another image repository.

On the left menu, click Insert from URL.

Enter the citation in the Caption field when you upload the image. You must ensure that all images you upload comply with the Copyright Statement below. All images require a citation with at minimum the artist, title and date.

Step 3: Set the featured content

The featured content will display on the Home page grid, and can be an image, video or audio:

On the right menu, click Set featured image:

Set featured image

Like with images in the post content, you can add images from the Media Library, upload your own files, or insert files from a URL (see the instructions above).

You must ensure that all images you upload comply with the Copyright Statement below and are correctly cited with at least the artist, title and date. Include the citation in the text of your post.

If you have embedded a video into your post and want to display it in place of a featured image:

On Youtube or Vimeo, open the video you want to share
- Youtube: copy the part of the URL that is after the = sign:
- Vimeo: copy the numbers after the / sign:
On your post, click the Alternative Sources tab in the Essential Grid Custom Settings area
Paste the ID you copied into the appropriate ID field

Step 4: Categorise and tag your post

Categories control where your posts will appear within the Portal, and Tags allow you to identify relevant themes.

On the right menu, select the relevant Categories for your post.
In Tags, you can add your own or Choose from the most used tags.

Step 5: Publish or save your post

To see how your post will appear, before you publish it, click Preview.
When you’re ready to share your post to the Portal, click Publish.
If you want to continue to edit it and publish at a later time, click Save Draft.

Updating published posts and drafts

To edit drafts and published posts:

Login to the portal
Select Art School Portal > Dashboard on the top menu,
Selecting Posts on the left menu
Click the post you want to edit or publish