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WorkingwithStudentBlogsAblogisapersonalonlinewritingspaceandallstudentsandteachersusingtheLINCcoursewarehavetheirownblogs.ThereareblogwritingactivitiesthroughouttheLINC3,4,5,6,and7courseware.
ExemplarTheBlogmenublock(visiblebelow)isavailableintheStage2/3Exemplarcourse.Itappearsontherightsideofthecourse.TheBlogmenublockisdisplayedonallpagesinthecourseware,andstudentsshouldusethemwhendoingablogwritingtask.ThreeofthelinksintheBlogmenuarecontextualizedtothecoursewarepagedisplayingit.
TheaboveexampleisascreenshotofablogmenuonaMoodlePagewithablogtask.
(A) Thislinkdisplays,ononepage,alloftheblogentriesassociatedwiththisPage/task.Onlythoseblogentriesthathavebeenpublishedtoanyoneonthesitearedisplayed.
• Studentscandecideiftheirblogentryis‘private’or‘shared’whentheysavetheirwork.Theonlywayforateachertoseeandastudent’sblogentryisifitisshared.Inthiscase,anyoneinthecoursecanalsoseeandcommentontheblogentry,althoughthestudentcantemporarilyenableanddisableitifdesired.
(B) ThislinkcanbeusedbyastudenttodisplaytheirownentriesassociatedwiththisPage/task.
(C) ThislinkassociatesanewblogentrytothisPage/task.Links(A)and(B)willonlydisplayblogentriesthatwereaddedusinglink(C).
• Ifallstudentscompleteablogtask-usinglink(C),itwillbemucheasierfortheteachertoaccessallofthestudentblogentriesthroughlink(A).Otherwise,theteachermustnavigatetoeachstudent’sblogpage,whichisdiscussedlater.
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Onceablogentryisshared,teachersandstudentscanleaveacommentonthatentry.(Notethatsharedblogentriescanalsoviewbystudentsinothercourses.)Ifunwantedcommentsarepostedonsomeone’sblog,thesiteadministratorcandeletethem.Anysuchissueshouldbereportedbytheteachertothementor.
HowStudentsAddaBlogEntryAssociatedwithanActivity1. NavigatetoablogwritingtaskfromaLINC3to7coursepage.
2. ClickAddanentryaboutthisPage
• BlogtasksarehostedonMoodlePages• DonotclickAddanewentry(belowthehorizontalline)orthenewblogentry
willnotbeassociatedwiththisparticularPage/blogtask.
3. Typetheblogtitleandthemessage.
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• Thereisanoptiontoincludeanattachment.
4. SelecttheappropriatesettinginthePublishto:dropdownmenu.
5. ClicktheSavechangesbutton
Additionalnotes• KeywordtagscanbeaddedintheTagssection.TheteachershouldaddtheBlogs
tagsblocktothecourseifstudentsaretaggingtheirblogentries.TheBlogtagsblockcollatesblogtagsfromacrosstheentireedulinc.orgsite,afeaturemanylanguageteachersprefertoavoid.
• TheAssociationssectionshowswhichactivity/resourcetheblogisassociatedwith.
Deselectingthecheckboxwillremovetheassociation.
Publishto:Yourself(draft)vs.AnyoneonthissiteTherearetwoPublishto:settingswhensavingablogentry.
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• Yourself(draft)meanstheentryisprivateandcannotbeviewedbyanyoneelse,includingtheteacher.
• Anyoneonthissitemeanstheblogisavailablefortheteacherandotherstoseeandcommenton.
LookingatBlogEntriesAssociatedwithaBlogWritingActivity
1. Navigatetoablogwritingtaskonacoursepage
2. ClickViewallentriesaboutthisPageintheBlogmenublock
• AllofthestudentblogentriesassociatedwiththisPage/blogtaskappearonthispage.Seetheimageonthenextpage:
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ViewingBlogEntriesforaSpecificStudentItispossibleforteacherstoviewallofaparticularstudent’sblogentriesthathavebeenpublishedtoanyoneonthesite.TheseinstructionsrequiretheteachertohaveaccesstoboththeNavigationandPeopleblocks.Iftheseblocksarenotvisibleinacourse,theteachercanaddthembygoingtothecoursehomepageandselectingtheTurneditingonoption.Oncecourseeditingisenabled,locatetheAddablockblock,clickAdd…andselectNavigation(orPeople,asneeded).1. ClickParticipantsinthePeopleblock.
2. Locateandclickthetargetstudent’sname.
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• Thetargetstudent’sViewprofilecoursepageappears.
3. ClickontheViewfullprofilelink
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• Thetargetstudent’sPublicprofilepageopensandanewViewallblogentrieslinkappearsundertheMiscellaneousheading.ThereisalsoanewlinktothesamepageintheNavigationblockunderBlogs,clickoneitheroftheselinkstoseealltheblogentriesbythisuser.
Apageappearswithalloftheblogspostedbythatstudent.
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CommentingonBlogEntries1. Navigatetoablogentryyouwouldliketocommenton.
2. ClickCommentsunderthatblogentry.
• ThenumberinbracketsnexttotheCommentslinkshowsthenumberofcommentsforthatposting.
3. AfterclickingComments,atextboxappears.TypeyourcommentsinthetextboxthatsaysAddacomment…
4. ClickSavecommentaftertypingyourcomment.
5. Thenewcommentappearsinthisblogentry.
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Inthisimageyoucanseesomeoftheotherfeaturesavailableintheblogentry,notethatthisisintheteacherviewofastudent’sblogpost:
Lookingatthesameblogpostinthestudentview(theauthorofthisentry),revealssomedifferences:
EditingaBlogEntry1. Navigatetoablogentryyouwouldliketoedit.(Unlikeforumpostings,teachers
cannoteditstudentblogs.)Onlytheownerofablog,e.g.students,orthesiteadministratorcandothis.
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2. ClicktheEditlinkintheblogposting.(Thereisalinktodeletethepostingaswell.)
3. Makethechangestotheblog.Charleychangedthewordingslightlyandheismakinghisblogprivate.Whenheisfinished,hewillclickontheSavechangesbuttontocompletetheeditingprocess.
• Thechangeshavebeenupdated.
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BlogHelplinksMoodleDocuments:Blogs<http://docs.moodle.org/31/en/Blogs>MoodleDocuments:BlogsFAQ<http://docs.moodle.org/31/en/Blogs_FAQ>