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<h2>EduBlog Guide</h2> |
<h2>EduBlog Guide</h2> |
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<h3>Setting Up Remote Blogs</h3> |
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<h3>New Blog Settings Explained</h3> |
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*Blog Name: Local name of the blog |
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*Summary: The description of the blog assignment that appears when students try to create a blog post |
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*Allow Comments: Whether students and teachers can comment on the blog posts |
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*Maximum Visibility: Determines who can see the local blog |
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*Select Remote Blog: Determines which external blog (ie Blogger.com) to link to; "Local Only" means not to link to any other blog |
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*Manage Remote Blog: Links to manage remote blog page - still has bugs, do not use yet |
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*Synchronization Style: Determines how this blog links to the external blog; "Require Teacher Publishing" means that the ONLY way a post goes to the external blog is if a teacher or admin logs in visits the view page and clicks the publish option for that post; Mirror Local and Remote means that any posts that are visible to students in the local blog are automatically also published to the remote blog |
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*Teacher Review Style: Determines whether and how to use teacher review; "Disable Teacher Review" forces all posts to directly go to the blog; "Allow Teacher Review" gives students the option to send to teacher for approval or directly send to the blog; "Require Teacher Review" forces students to send to the teacher for approval before the post appears to other students; The post being published to the external blog depends on the "Synchronization Style" setting |
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<h3>Posting a Blog</h3> |
<h3>Posting a Blog Explained</h3> |
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*Title: The title of the blog post |
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*Message: The contents of the blog post (the editor mimic's Write, so hopefully no doc needed?) |
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*Tags: Words or short phrases describing the post's content |
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*Send To: Indicates whether to send to teacher or directly to the blog; The visible options depend on how the teacher configures the blog |
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Some of these options appear under each post |
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*Edit: Allows the blog post to be edited |
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*Delete: Deletes the blog post |
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*Publish: Sends the post to the remote blog (shows if Synchronization Style is set to "Require Teacher Publishing") |
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*Approve: Allows teachers to approve posts that used the send to teacher (shows if "Disable Teacher Review" is not selected) |
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*Add Your Comment: Allows for commenting on post |
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[[Category: Educational Blogger Project]] |
[[Category: Educational Blogger Project]] |
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Revision as of 11:34, 23 July 2008
EduBlog Guide
Setting Up Remote Blogs
New Blog Settings Explained
- Blog Name: Local name of the blog
- Summary: The description of the blog assignment that appears when students try to create a blog post
- Allow Comments: Whether students and teachers can comment on the blog posts
- Maximum Visibility: Determines who can see the local blog
- Select Remote Blog: Determines which external blog (ie Blogger.com) to link to; "Local Only" means not to link to any other blog
- Manage Remote Blog: Links to manage remote blog page - still has bugs, do not use yet
- Synchronization Style: Determines how this blog links to the external blog; "Require Teacher Publishing" means that the ONLY way a post goes to the external blog is if a teacher or admin logs in visits the view page and clicks the publish option for that post; Mirror Local and Remote means that any posts that are visible to students in the local blog are automatically also published to the remote blog
- Teacher Review Style: Determines whether and how to use teacher review; "Disable Teacher Review" forces all posts to directly go to the blog; "Allow Teacher Review" gives students the option to send to teacher for approval or directly send to the blog; "Require Teacher Review" forces students to send to the teacher for approval before the post appears to other students; The post being published to the external blog depends on the "Synchronization Style" setting
Posting a Blog Explained
- Title: The title of the blog post
- Message: The contents of the blog post (the editor mimic's Write, so hopefully no doc needed?)
- Tags: Words or short phrases describing the post's content
- Send To: Indicates whether to send to teacher or directly to the blog; The visible options depend on how the teacher configures the blog
Managing a Blog
Some of these options appear under each post
- Edit: Allows the blog post to be edited
- Delete: Deletes the blog post
- Publish: Sends the post to the remote blog (shows if Synchronization Style is set to "Require Teacher Publishing")
- Approve: Allows teachers to approve posts that used the send to teacher (shows if "Disable Teacher Review" is not selected)
- Add Your Comment: Allows for commenting on post