1. The first step is to open Padlet and click Sign up

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2. Type your email address or, sign up with an existing email through Google, Microsoft or Apple. I'm going to create an account using my Mesa email.

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3. Click Continue

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4. Create and enter a password

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5. Click Create account

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6. Click I'm a student

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7. Select the FREE plan and click Get started

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8. Click Let’s go

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9. To join the padlet for your week one assignment, click Join a padlet

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10. Copy and paste the padlet URL that I listed for your team number in the Student Introductions assignment in Canvas.

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11. Now you can access this week's Padlet assignment.  Before you add to this Padlet or any other coure Padlet, please add your name to your Padlet profile so I can identify you on the Padlet.
Click on your profile up in the top right corner.

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12. You can change your profile image here.

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13. You have lots of options for a profile picture.

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14. Click in the name field.

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15. Type your name here.  At the very least, include your first name and last name initial so that I can identify you to give you credit for the assignment.

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16. Click Save

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17. Click Go back arrow to return to Padlet

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18. If you'd like to add a comment to a post, click Add comment

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19. Type your comment and press Enter

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20. The add a post to a column, click the + Add post to this section 
For this assignment, you'll need to add a post to every column.

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21. Enter the title of your Post

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22. Click here to add content to your Post

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23. You can add images, documents, links to other sources, and more to your post. Click on the link to add a link to a website or other digital source.

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24. Click on the camera icon to Take a photo using the camera on your device.

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25. Click camera

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26. Don't forget to smile and leave a caption of the image.

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27. Click Save

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28. Click Publish post

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29. Scroll down to view your post

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29b. Drop

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30. If you not happy with the post, click More post actions to edit or delete your post.

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31. For this first assignment and for most assignments, you'll need to add a post to each column on the Padlet. Click Add post to this section

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32. That's it. You've set up your Padlet account, added your name to your profile and learned how create a post and leave a comment on a post.

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