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Setting Up Your Class Blog
Margaret VassICT Curriculum Support Officer
Falkirk Council Education Services
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Your Login Page
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Click on the Log in icon
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Logging In
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Enter your username and password
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Your Dashboard
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This is your work area
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Changing The Look of Your Blog
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Click on ‘Appearance’ then on ‘themes’ in the drop down menu
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A Wide Range To Choose From … BUT!!
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Not all themes are a good choice, so go to page 3
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Activating the Right Theme
Activate the ‘Contempt’ theme
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Inserting A Widget
The pop-up box prompts you to visit the ‘widgets’ section
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The ‘Meta’ Widget
The Meta widget contains the Log in icon
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Activating the Meta Widget
Drag the Meta widget over to the sidebar then ‘save’ and ‘close’
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Making Your Blog Safe
d It’s important to monitor your blog’s comments.
In the ‘Settings’ drop down menu, select ‘Discussion’
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Ticking the Right Boxes
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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
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Adding a New Post
To write a new post, go to the ‘posts’ dropdown menu and click on ‘Add New’
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Writing Your Post
Make sure you’re in ‘Visual’ mode
For more options, click on the ‘kitchen sink’ icon
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Choosing the Right Font Size
In the ‘Paragraph’ drop down menu, choose the ‘Heading 3’ size. You can also add a picture
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Adding a Picture
Choose ‘select files’ and browse for your picture
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Uploading Your Picture
Once your picture is uploaded, it will appear like this
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Inserting into Your Post
Scroll down to the bottom of the window, and choose ‘Insert into Post’
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Your picture Appears!
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Publishing Your Post
Simply click on the ‘Publish’ button!
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Viewing your New Post
You can now View your post
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You’re Live on the WWW!
Your new post!
Select ‘Log out’
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Leaving A Comment
Now you can show pupils how they can leave a comment.
Fill in your details as shown.
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Awaiting Moderation
Because you have set your ‘Discussion’ permissions properly, your comment won’t appear right away
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Approving Comments
Log back in to your blog and approve your comment by using the drop down menu and selecting ‘Apply’