You will add your first entry to your Blackboard fern journal.
Start with the date of observation.
1. Add a photo of your dish (with your sticker on its lid) on a white background.
The photo of your dish should be embedded and visible without the instructor needing to click a link to open it. Here are instructions for adding a photo from a file saved on your computer:
This linked video about inserting images is helpful and less than two minutes. It is for a discussion board, but it works for journals too. This linked journal help page from Blackboard explains aspects of journals.
Save your image on your computer and upload it to the "Fern Journal". To do this in the Blackboard Journal entry, click on the button "Insert/edit Image" bottom row, 3rd from left,
. Browse you computer to find and insert your image into your journal.. Drag the corners of the image to adjust the image size to something reasonable to view.
2. Description of your dish
Look at the Blackboard page "Fern Dish Images" in the daily folder. Examine the first two images, so you can see what gametophytes look like. Next describe the status of the gametophytes. To better see inside, you can turn the dish on its side and tap it, hopefully dislodging water from the lid. We will wait longer to actually open them to minimize contamination.
Check the seal on your dish. If the waxy seal (Parafilm) is intact, leave the dish as it is. If it has come loose, try to re-seal it. Also, put the dish into a sealed plastic bag to help retain moisture. Put the dish back in it's bright home.
3. Description of magnified image of gametophytes:
Gametophytes photographed without magnification
Image by B. Montgomery. CC BY-NC-SA 2.0.