PWR Dr. Fredricksmeyer

Sign-up instructions for using the

Yahoo Bulletin Board

I.Go to

II.Getting a Yahoo ID and Password, and Enrolling in the

Course (if you already have a Yahoo ID and Password,

skip to III. below).

  1. select Sign up now

  1. in the next window, enter all the information requested; sorry, but you must provide all the information asked for exceptyour Current email; make sure that youDONOT UNCLICK (i.e. leave clicked) THE “Create my free Yahoo! Email address” box
  1. select Submit This Form
  2. in the next window, selectContinue to Yahoo!
  3. in the next window, enter something (for example, abc) in the “Comment to Owner” box (this is just to get to the next window), and the Word Verification at the bottom of the window
  4. select Join
  5. the next window should read Membership Pending; your membership in the class [or Group] will be pending until I admit you; the next time you log on, go to step IV below)

III.Enrolling in course, if you already have a Yahoo ID

and Password (and therefore skipped II above)

  1. in the first window (as seen on page one of these instructions) enter your Yahoo ID and Password, and select Sign In
  1. in the next window, leave all the settings as they are and at the bottom of the window select Join (then, as the next window will indicate, your membership in the class [or Group] will be pending until I admit you; the next time you log on, proceed to step IV below)

IV.Using Yahoo (once you're registered in the class

(Group)

  1. Go to
  1. Enter Yahoo ID and Password, select Sign In
  1. to post a paper:
  2. in the next window, in the navigation bar on left side, select Post under Messages
  1. in the next window (below), in the Subject Box indicate paper and version, e.g. BRE1 (= Blade Runner, draft 1)

  1. type your first and last name at the top of the main section of the window (above), skip two lines, and …
  2. paste your paper
  3. select Send at the bottom of the window

d. to download papers:

i. after you’ve signed in, select in the navigation bar on the left side each paper by its Subject name (as shown below), and print it out (you can avoid printing out the adds by highlighting only the text of the message and checking the Selection command in Print

V. Uploading and downloading photos

  1. after you’ve signed in, in the navigation bar on the left select Photos

  1. in the next window, double click on the album for your GR (Group)
  1. in the next window, select Add Photo
  1. in the next window, select Browse for Photo 1, upload your cartoon, enter your last name in the Name box
  1. select Upload at the bottom of the window
  1. Downloading photos
  1. follow steps V. a and b, above
  2. in the next window, double click on the photo(s)
  1. in the next window, select Full Size
  1. print out the cartoon that appears in the next window, and staple the cartoon to the corresponding person’s essay