Managing your journals Task list FirstClass ED journals FirstClass ED provides a personal area called My Journals. You can use this area to create personal journals and class journals, and contribute to them. Your teacher likely has ideas about how you should use your class journal. Consider creating personal journals also. Use a personal journal to • record your thoughts • make lists • practice your writing • write stories, poetry, articles • store information you gather from the Internet • store recipes, directions, or anything else that is important to you. Here is an example of a student's My Journals area. Class journals are in the top pane and personal journals are in the lower pane. How to Creating a class journal Creating a personal journal Adding content to a journal Creating a class journal To create a class journal: 1 Open My Classes. 2 Click the class you want to create the journal for. 3 Click New Class Journal. The journal is automatically created in your My Journals area and named the same name as the corresponding class. To open the journal, simply double-click it. Creating a personal journal To create a personal journal: 1 Open My Classes > My Journals. 2 Click New Personal Journal. 3 Select the template you wish to use. This determines your background. 4 Start typing. When you try to close the document, you will be prompted to give it a name. Adding content to a journal You can add content to a journal just as you would to any other FirstClass document. To add content to an existing journal: 1 Open the journal. 2 Start typing. Learn more about editing content.