Setting Up Your Class Blog

Margaret VassICT Curriculum Support Officer

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Your Login Page

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Click on the Log in icon

Logging In

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Enter your username and password

Your Dashboard

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This is your work area

Changing The Look of Your Blog

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Click on ‘Appearance’ then on ‘themes’ in the drop down menu

A Wide Range To Choose From … BUT!!

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Not all themes are a good choice, so go to page 3

Activating the Right Theme

Activate the ‘Contempt’ theme

Inserting A Widget

The pop-up box prompts you to visit the ‘widgets’ section

The ‘Meta’ Widget

The Meta widget contains the Log in icon

Activating the Meta Widget

Drag the Meta widget over to the sidebar then ‘save’ and ‘close’

Making Your Blog Safe

d It’s important to monitor your blog’s comments.

In the ‘Settings’ drop down menu, select ‘Discussion’

Ticking the Right Boxes

Choosing a Comment Avatar

Scroll down to the bottom of the ‘Discussion’ page and choose a comment avatar.

Don’t forget to save your changes

Adding a New Post

To write a new post, go to the ‘posts’ dropdown menu and click on ‘Add New’

Writing Your Post

Make sure you’re in ‘Visual’ mode

For more options, click on the ‘kitchen sink’ icon

Choosing the Right Font Size

In the ‘Paragraph’ drop down menu, choose the ‘Heading 3’ size. You can also add a picture

Adding a Picture

Choose ‘select files’ and browse for your picture

Uploading Your Picture

Once your picture is uploaded, it will appear like this

Inserting into Your Post

Scroll down to the bottom of the window, and choose ‘Insert into Post’

Your picture Appears!

Publishing Your Post

Simply click on the ‘Publish’ button!

Viewing your New Post

You can now View your post

You’re Live on the WWW!

Your new post!

Select ‘Log out’

Leaving A Comment

Now you can show pupils how they can leave a comment.

Fill in your details as shown.

Awaiting Moderation

Because you have set your ‘Discussion’ permissions properly, your comment won’t appear right away

Approving Comments

Log back in to your blog and approve your comment by using the drop down menu and selecting ‘Apply’