Blogs

=**Edublogs Help Resources**= This page contains Edublogs tutorials, videos and help files, as well as tips for maximizing your D112Learning2.0 blogging experience.

**Official Edublogs Help**

 * ===**[|Quick Tour of the All New Edublogs Features]**===
 * ===[|New Edublogs Video Tutorials]===
 * ===[|Getting Started with Edublogs]===
 * ===[|Why you shouldn't write your posts in Word!]===
 * ===[|Edublogs Forum] - Ask questions and find answers in the Edublogs community===

Getting Started

 * HELP Page:**  How to Sign Up for Edublogs

**Homegrown Help Videos**
A few brief video screencasts made by Shelley Paul. Thank you Shelley.


 * Working in your Blog (BASIC)**
 * [|How to write and publish a basic blog post]
 * [|How to save a post as a draft and finish/publish later]
 * [|Editing and deleting published posts]


 * Working in your Blog (A bit beyond basic)**
 * [|Formatting text in a blog post]
 * [|Adding links to posts] (regular web pages and blog permalinks)
 * [|Adding links from other blogs] (Explains blog PERMALINKS - **this is important!**)
 * [|Insert a picture in a blog post]
 * [|Assigning Categories and Tags to your posts].


 * Comments**
 * [|How to leave a comment on someone's blog]
 * [|Managing comments on your own blog]


 * Customizing your Blog**
 * [|Setting the Title, Tagline (sub-title) and Timestamp]
 * [|Changing your blog's theme] (how it looks)
 * [|Customizing the sidebars] (working with widgets). **You MUST include RSS, Meta and Archives in your sidebar**!


 * HELP Page:** The many ways to log in to your Edublog

**Tips for a Richer D112 Learning 2.0 Blogging Experience**

 * Your blog will be as meaningful as you make it. Invest in your reflections and spend a little time crafting your posts. Take time to link, format your text and add images. Feel free go beyond the minimum posting requirements. The blog is truly yours.
 * Be brave when posting and celebrate your learning. We all struggle and experience frustration and can benefit from hearing about others' experiences. We also want to hear about your discoveries and problem-solving triumphs!
 * Be generous in commenting on other participants blogs. Blogging is meant to engage readers in two-way communication. We are a community of learners. If you take a little time to encourage and respond to others' posts, they will respond in kind.