pt+1+create+your+own+classroom+blog+using+blogger
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Rachel Boyd
http://rachelboyd.blogspot.com
1. Create your blog
Go to www.blogger.com
Click on the orange arrow that says:
“Create your blog now”
Follow the instructions on the right to complete
this screen and create an account.
You may want to record your user name,
password and blog address for later use.
Click on orange “Continue” arrow.
Complete window 2: Name your blog
Blog Title is the name of your blog.
[E.g. “Room Nine’s Blog”] Blog Address is the Internet URL
NB: you do not need to add “www”
Just type in the address you hope to have your
blog at.
[E.g.: room9nelsoncentral]
Press the orange “Continue” arrow.
Rachel Boyd
http://rachelboyd.blogspot.com
Complete window 3: Choose a Template
Choose a template design that you like the
look of and press the orange “Continue” arrow.
[It is possible to change your template
design later.]
Congratulations you have just created a
blog!!
Click on the “Start posting” arrow.
You will need to create a post to be able to
see your blog on the web…
Rachel Boyd
http://rachelboyd.blogspot.com
This is one of the MOST IMPORTANT aspects to do before you start
blogging with your class…… and you only need to do it once to set it all up!
Log into your blog and click on “Settings”
It will come up with this page – basic
Click “Save Settings” down the bottom of the page.
Type what you want to be the
title of your blog here
You can type a short
description of your blog here.
This will appear under the title.
Decide if you want your blog to
be listed by Blogger in their
directory
Leave these unchanged
Rachel Boyd
http://rachelboyd.blogspot.com
Now click through to the “Formatting” tab
Make these changes:
Click “Save Settings” down the bottom of the page
You may want to change this to date
format rather than time, select it
from the drop down menu.
Decide how many posts you
want to be visible on your
front page of the blog, 7 – 10 is
a good number.
Find the option for New
Zealand daylight time
Select English (New Zealand)
Rachel Boyd
http://rachelboyd.blogspot.com
Now click through to the “Comments” tab
Make these changes:
It is good to change this option to Anyone as long as you
“enable comment moderation” which will be covered later.
I like to have the
comments box come up
in a pop up box
Comment moderation will
protect you from spam,
rude or cruel comments
being put on your blog.
Enter your email address
and you will get an email
when someone puts a
comment on. You will have
to verify that the comment
is clean/nice before it will
appear on your blog.
Click yes and enter your
email address
It is best to have this turned on, it
means computer programmes won’t
be able to spam your blog with
advertisements
Make sure you never miss a comment
by entering your email address.
As always click Save Settings
WELL DONE! –
You are ready to “go live” and start blogging with your class.
Click on Posting to get started.