GIF Icebreaker Challenge

Let’s get to know one another by experimenting with one of the Internet’s favorite art forms — the GIF!

We’ll be posting a GIF that represents a thought or feeling we have about any aspect of the Summer Institute. Here is my humble example.

Instructions

Finding and downloading a GIF:

  1. Search Giphy.com using key words related to your experience, such as “Shakespeare” or “book worm.”
  2. Once you find an image you like, click on it!
  3. In the new window, click on the “download” link to the right.
  4. In the next new window, download the option that says “social.”

Creating a post:

  1. Open a new browser window and direct it to the course site: https://knit.ucsd.edu/pathchat/
  2. Navigate to the top menu and hover over the menu item that says “+New.” Navigate to the menu option that says “Post.”
  3. Enter a title for your GIF post.
  4. Click “Add media,” right below the title field.
  5. Click “Upload files.” Then click “Select files.” Find your giphy image on your hard drive and upload it.
  6. Click “Insert into post.”
  7. Write a brief sentence about why you picked the GIF. Don’t think too hard!
  8. Click the “icebreaker” category on the right hand side.
  9. Click “publish.” Hooray, you’ve created a blog post!

Explore others:

  1. Check out other Icebreaker GIFS by clicking here: https://knit.ucsd.edu/pathchat/category/icebreaker/.
  2. Tell your fellow group members what you think of their GIF by posting a comment.