{"id":1969,"date":"2025-02-19T22:00:15","date_gmt":"2025-02-19T22:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs-ecuad.ca\/support\/?p=1969"},"modified":"2026-10-20T21:56:29","modified_gmt":"2026-10-20T21:56:29","slug":"finding-your-way-around","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/palette.ecuad.ca\/support\/finding-your-way-around\/","title":{"rendered":"Finding your way around"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Get to your Dashboard<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Go to <strong>palette.ecuad.ca<\/strong> and log in.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Point to <strong>My Sites<\/strong> in the black bar at the top of the screen.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Point to your site\u2019s name, then click <strong>Dashboard<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video height=\"656\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1280 \/ 656;\" width=\"1280\" autoplay loop muted src=\"https:\/\/palette.ecuad.ca\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2026\/10\/get-to-your-dashboard.mp4\" playsinline><\/video><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">From Palette to your Dashboard: My Sites, your site, Dashboard.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What\u2019s on the Dashboard<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The menu on the left lists what you can do on your site. As a student you will see:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Posts<\/strong>: write new posts and edit your own. See <a href=\"\/support\/making-a-new-post\/\">Making a new post<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Media<\/strong>: images, video and files you have uploaded.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Comments<\/strong>: comments left on your posts.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Profile<\/strong>: your name and how it appears on your posts. See <a href=\"\/support\/updating-name-profile\/\">Updating your name and profile<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video height=\"656\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1280 \/ 656;\" width=\"1280\" autoplay loop muted src=\"https:\/\/palette.ecuad.ca\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2026\/10\/dashboard-menu-student.mp4\" playsinline><\/video><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Dashboard menu as a student sees it.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Faculty and site admins see more, such as <strong>Appearance<\/strong>, <strong>Users<\/strong> and <strong>Settings<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Switch between your site and the Dashboard<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Click your site\u2019s name in the black bar at the top.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Choose <strong>Visit Site<\/strong> to see your site as visitors do, or <strong>Dashboard<\/strong> to go back.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video height=\"656\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1280 \/ 656;\" width=\"1280\" autoplay loop muted src=\"https:\/\/palette.ecuad.ca\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2026\/10\/switch-site-and-dashboard.mp4\" playsinline><\/video><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Site name, Visit Site. Then site name, Dashboard.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Good to know<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>No black bar at the top of the screen? You are not logged in.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Your site is not under <strong>My Sites<\/strong>? Ask your instructor to add you. Faculty, see <a href=\"\/support\/adding-members-to-site\/\">Adding members to your site<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>On a phone, the menu is hidden. Tap the menu icon at the top left to open it.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Related guides<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"\/support\/making-a-new-post\/\">Making a new post<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"\/support\/switching-editors-classic-vs-block\/\">Editors: Classic vs block<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"\/support\/updating-name-profile\/\">Updating your name and profile<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Get to your Dashboard What\u2019s on the Dashboard The menu on the left lists what you can do on your site. As a student you will see: Faculty and site admins see more, such as Appearance, Users and Settings. Switch between your site and the Dashboard Good to know Related guides<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1969","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-getting-started"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/palette.ecuad.ca\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1969","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/palette.ecuad.ca\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/palette.ecuad.ca\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/palette.ecuad.ca\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/palette.ecuad.ca\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1969"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/palette.ecuad.ca\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1969\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2349,"href":"https:\/\/palette.ecuad.ca\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1969\/revisions\/2349"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/palette.ecuad.ca\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1969"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/palette.ecuad.ca\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1969"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/palette.ecuad.ca\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1969"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}