Setting up your Primaryblogger Class Blog

Setting Up Your Class Blog Margaret Vass ICT Curriculum Support Officer Falkirk Council Education Services

Your Login Page Falkirk Council Education Services Click on the Log in icon

Logging In Falkirk Council Education Services Enter your username and password

Your Dashboard Falkirk Council Education Services This is your work area

Changing The Look of Your Blog Falkirk Council Education Services Click on ‘Appearance’ then on ‘themes’ in the drop down menu

A Wide Range To Choose From … BUT!! Falkirk Council Education Services 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 ,[object Object],It’s important to monitor your blog’s comments. In the ‘Settings’ drop down menu, select ‘Discussion’

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’

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’

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