http://help.edublogs.org Thu, 17 Sep 2009 06:06:18 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Need Help With Your Blog? Follow these steps! Step 1: Read through the Getting Started With Your Blogs information on Edublogs Help and Support site Step 2: See if the answer is on Edublogs Help and Support site Step 3: Ask for help in the Edublogs Forum How To Ask For Help in the Edublogs ... http://help.edublogs.org/2009/09/10/how-to-use-the-edublogs-forums/ For lots of extra features you can upgrade to an Edublogs supporter blog -- compare features of Free, Supporter and Campus Blogs here! Edublogs supporter subscriptions can be purchased from the Supporter tab in your blog’s dashboard as: Single blog subscriptions USDA 6.95 each month USD 14.95 every three months or USD ... http://help.edublogs.org/2009/09/10/upgrading-your-blog-to-edublogs-supporter/ There are three types of blogs on Edublogs: Free Edublogs blogs Edublogs supporter blogs Edublogs Campus blogs Institution or district with their own Edublogs Campus installation get everything that supporters have on all their blogs, and a lot more! Features of Supporter and Campus blogs If you do decide to upgrade your free blog at ... http://help.edublogs.org/2009/09/01/difference-between-free-supporter-and-campus-blogs/ All the blogs you have attached to your username are listed on your My Blogs page. To access the dashboard of a different blog attached to your username you simply click on My Blogs and the Dashboard link below the name of appropriate blog.  This takes you to that blog's dashboard ... http://help.edublogs.org/2009/08/31/navigating-to-different-blog-dashboards-inside-your-account/ The Blog & User Creater is designed specificially to save time and make it easy for educators to mass create student blogs in batches of up to 15 users.  This feature is available only on Edublogs supporters and Edublogs Campus blogs. Benefits of the Blog & User Creator ... http://help.edublogs.org/2009/08/31/creating-student-blogs-using-the-blog-user-creator/ There are two main ways to create blogs for your students: Using the Edublogs signup page - free Edublogs Blogs Using the Blog & User Creator – Edublogs supporters and Edublogs Campus blogs only If you are a free Edublogs blog user you need to follow the instructions on this page to create ... http://help.edublogs.org/2009/08/31/creating-blogs-for-your-students-using-the-signup-page/ All blogs you create for your own use should always be attached to the same username because it means you'll be able to navigate between the dashboards of your blogs without needing to log out of one blog and log into the other blog. It's as simple as: Log into ... http://help.edublogs.org/2009/08/28/creating-new-blogs/ The most common reasons why you would want to create new blogs include: You want to blog on a different topic; You want your students to have their own blogs These tips will help you avoid common blog creation problems: Use only lowercase letters and numbers in the blog URL (blog domain) ... http://help.edublogs.org/2009/08/28/tips-when-creating-blogs/ There is no way to delete a username from Edublogs because deleting usernames can cause problems to our system.  If you no longer wish to use Edublogs, simply leave your username account inactive. There are no security risks associated with this policy and your information isn't visible anywhere on Edublogs. Changing ... http://help.edublogs.org/2009/08/25/changing-or-deleting-a-username/ You can customise global settings for your username in the Your Profile screen.   Any changes to these settings apply to all blogs accessed with that username. Your user profile is quickly accessed in your dashboard via the Users > Your Profile menu option.  Remember to click Update Profile ... http://help.edublogs.org/2009/08/25/changing-your-personal-settings-in-your-profile/