Hello, and welcome to Digital Literacy Tutorials. This website provides step-by-step tutorials and short instructional videos focused on WordPress, Mattermost, and Zoom. Here is an overview of the main tools you’ll find resources for:
![]() | Used for reflecting, documenting your learning, and building your course materials. You will be using the OpenETC WordPress for your course, but you can expand this to become a portfolio for posts beyond the course. |
![]() | Used for a backchannel, where you can discuss in a private space with your instructor and course section peers. You can also direct message (DM) individuals or subgroups. You may install the app on your laptop and phone and set to notify similar to texting. |
![]() | Used for synchronous audio or video communication and screen sharing. |
This website and its resources were created by Joshua Hotchin in 2025 as part of the requirements for the Master of Education (M.Ed.) program at the University of Victoria (UVic). Unless otherwise noted, all original content on this website is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC 4.0).
If you wish to share, adapt, or reuse these materials, please include proper attribution. For example:
“Digital Literacy Tutorials” by Joshua Hotchin, 2025, is licensed under CC BY-NC 4.0. Available at digitalliteracytutorials.ca.


