Blogger

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Lecture 3 Title: Web blog By: Mr Hashem Alaidaros

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Signing into Blogger where you’ll build your blog CREATING YOUR PERSONAL BLOG The following slides give advice on how to set up your Personal Blog, including: Setting up a Google account (if you don’t already have one) Naming your blog and giving it a URL Posting and viewing your first message Deciding who can read your blog Inserting a picture into your blog Giving your blog a description Choosing a format for your Blog The final slides meanwhile offer guidance on using your blog safely and the types of information you might wish to include.

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What it’s used for? Personal journals and opinion pages Business logs Communication tools, work and social Forums, chat groups

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Three steps; five minutes Create an account at http://www.blogger.com Choose a title and URL for your blog http://xxx.blogspot.com xxx must be a unique name blogspot.com cannot be changed Choose an appearance template for your blog Everything but the URL can be changed later

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SIGNING INTO BLOGGER

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SETTING UP YOUR GOOGLE ACCOUNT

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GIVING YOUR BLOG A NAME AND URL

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CHOOSING A TEMPLATE FOR YOUR BLOG

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POSTING YOUR FIRST MESSAGE

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VIEWING YOUR COMPLETED MESSAGE

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VIEWING YOUR BLOG

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DECIDING WHO CAN READ YOUR BLOG: STEP 1

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DECIDING WHO CAN READ YOUR BLOG: STEP 2

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DECIDING WHO CAN READ YOUR BLOG: STEP 3

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ADDING A PICTURE TO YOUR BLOG: STEP 1

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ADDING A PICTURE TO YOUR BLOG: STEP 2

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ADDING A DESCRIPTION TO YOUR BLOG

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ADDING A DESCRIPTION TO YOUR BLOG

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Remember to log out of Blogger when you’ve finished working on your blog, particularly if you’ve been working on a ‘public use’ computer SOME GENERAL PRIVACY AND SECURITY POINTS Blogger has useful security functions, nevertheless you have a role to play: Don’t share your password with anyone else (obviously) It’s up to you to decide if you want people other than the Learning Skills staff and your Personal Tutor to view your Blog. There’s no expectation from the Learning Skills team that you should do so. If you have any concerns about using your blog safely, please contact me. Similarly, if you experience difficulties with the Permissions function please get in touch and I’ll be happy to help. Just in case you accidentally leave your blog ‘open’, don’t include specific personal information in messages, such as phone number, address etc.