It’s time for a midway point warning for the Clark College Introduction to WordPress class. I’m checking out your sites this weekend and leaving comments. The number one comment I want to leave is “It’s been two weeks since your last post. It’s time to catch up with the homework!”

Here are some quick tips to catching up and completing the homework assignments.

• Don’t put too much thought into the content of the post assignment, just showcase you understand the assignment. Original, well-thought out content is welcome and appreciated, but not the point of the exercise.
• Don’t anticipate 2 hours for a task that should take 30 seconds. The average time for creating a link list of every student blog using the Links feature and putting it in a sidebar links widget should take no more than 10 minutes, yet people are telling me it will take hours. Until you do it, you won’t know how long it will take, and everything in WordPress usually takes only a couple minutes.
• Partner up with another student in the class to do your homework together. It’s often great fun, but more importantly, it’s motivation.
• If you need help, I’m available from 5-6PM prior to the class and after it for up to an hour. I’m also available by email, blog comment, text message, etc. If you need help, ask and I’ll do my best to make time.
• Remember that passing this class puts one of the most valuable educational points on your resume for jobs in web design, web development, web writing, social media, marketing, advertising, etc. So make it count.