SettingupyourMediaBlogSTEP1:MakesureyouhaveyourVLEemailandpassword.

STEP2:Gotowww.blogger.comandcreateyourownBlog.MakesuretouseyourSpringwoodemailaddress.Toenterallyourdetailsclickon“CreateABlog”.

STEP3:Enterallyourinformationandthenhitcontinue.Makesureyoumakeanoteofyourusernameandpassword.Yourreallydon’twanttoforgetthesethings.

Step4:Nameyourblogandurl,makesureyounameitusingsomethingthatwillbeeasyfortheExamBoardandmyselftoidentifyyou.

Step5:Chooseatemplate,itisbesttochooseonethatreallygoeswiththethemeorcoloursyouareplanningtouseinyourproduction.Ifyouareunsureofwhattochooseyoucanalwayschangethistemplatelateron.

STEP6:Startblogging!!Themaintabyouwillusehereis“Posting”.Thiswillallowyoutoputyourworkupandtellusalittlesomethingaboutit.Therearealsosomeothertabsforyoutoexperimentwith;Settings,Layout,andMonetise.Thisiswhereyougocrazyandmakeyourblogyourown.

STEP7:Insertingyourassignmentsintoyourblog.Forthispartintheblogmakingyouaregoingtohavetosignupforanotherservice,onceyougetthehangofusingit,yourlifeinmediawillbecomemucheasier.Thesiteiswww.slideshare.netandclickon‘Signup’tocreateanaccountforyourself.Thisisreallyimportantbecauseitwillallowyoutodirectlypasteinyourpresentationsandyoutubevideoswithouthavingviewersnavigatetotheexternalsite.

STEP8:Enterallyourinfoinhere,again,makesuretokeepanoteofwhatyourusernameandpasswordis.Youwillgetanotherscreenpopupformoredetails,youdon’tnecessarilyhavetoputyourfullnameupifyouarenotcomfortablewiththat.Itasksyouforyourblog,itisOKtoputthatin.Makesureyouclickonthelegalagreementatthebottomandyou’rereadytopostyourworddocumentsandpowerpointpresentations.

STEP9:Whenyouarecompletewiththepersonaldetailsascreenlikethisshouldpopup.Pressskipthisathebottomofthescreen.

STEP10:Youwillthengetascreenlikethispopup.Thisiswhereyoucanbegintouploadyourfiles.Ifyouclickonbulkuploadyoucanuploadasmanyfilesasyouwantatonce.Ifyoujustneedtouploadonefilegotosingleupload.Theseoptionsarefoundonthetoplightgreen/bluecolouredmenu.

STEP11:Uploadyourfile.Thisstepisverysimple,youcangiveadescriptionifyoulikebutthisisnotnecessaryasyoushouldbegivingadescriptionofyourworkinyourblog.Makesuretogiveyourdocumentagoodtitlethough.

STEP12:Yourfileshoulduploadcompletelywithinaminuteortwodependingonhowlargeyourfilewas.Keeprefreshingyourpageuntilyougetalittlethumbnailofyourfileasseenbelow.Nowclickonyourfile.

STEP13:Youwillnowbedirectedtoyourfile.Hereyoumustcopythetextintheembedboxwhichisfoundnearthetoprightofyourfile.Ifyoulookbelowatmine,itstarteswith“<div style="width:477px”.Youneedtoclickonthisandthencopyit.

STEP14:Gobacktoyourblogandcreateanewpostbasedonthefileyoujustuploaded.Clickonedithtmlinyourpostwindowandpastethat“embed”informationin.Youcanthengobacktocompose.Underneaththefileyoucanwriteinadescriptionofyourassignmentorcommentsonitoranythingthatwillgivemeortheexaminerinformationastowhythisdocumentisrelevant.

STEP15:PUBLISHPOST.Itisimportantyouclickonthisoryouwilllooseeverythingyouhavejustworkedon.Thenclickon“ViewPost”andyou’llgettoseeyourblogandpost!!!

Gotoourhomepagewww.springwoodmedia.blogspot.comIwillbeputtingupallourhomeworkanddeadlineshere.Soifyouhappentolooseadocumentyouwillbeabletofindithere.Also,ontheridesideofthescreenaddyourselfasafollower.IneedtogeteveryoneasafollowersoIcankeepacloseeyeonyourworkandgiveyoufeedbackonyourworkhere.

Otherthingstokeepinmind:• Yourblogisn’tjustforyourassignmentstobeputup.Youcan

alsousethisasadiarytotrackyourprogressandtocommentonanychangesthatyouhavedecidedtomaketoyourproject.

• Youcancreateyourownheaderinyourblog.Ifyouwanttodothis,andIrecommendthatyoudo.Icangiveyouaquicktutorialonthistogetyoustarted.

• Makesureyouhaveaclearstylegoingoninyourblog.• Don’tbeafraidtoexperiment,youmayfigureoutsomething

cooltosharewiththeclass.• YoucanalsoembedYouTubevideosjustlikethese

documents,allyouneedtodoisfindyouruploadedvideoandcopythe“embed”information.AnyvideosthatIuploadcanbefoundathttp://www.youtube.com/user/springwoodmedia.

• Itisimportanttoexperimentwithalltechnologyavailabletoyouasamediastudent.Themoreyougetcomfortablewithtechnologytheeasieritwillbeforyouinthefuture.