1. Using the Edublogs signup page – free Edublogs Blogs
2. Using the Blog & User Creator – Edublogs Pro and Edublogs Campus blogs only

If you are a free Edublogs blog user you need to follow the instructions on this page to create your student blogs.

Step 1: Create the blogs

Go to the Edublogs signup page ( http://edublogs.org/signup/) and either:

1. Create the blogs attached to your username – Follow the instructions for Creating new blogs for your own use
2. Or organise your students to create their own blog  – Get your students to follow instructions for Signing up for your blog

Step 2: Add The Second User to The Blog

Most educators add themselves as administrator on student blogs so if required they can access the blogs, at any time, to edit any posts or comments.

This means on each student blog you will have:

1. A student user – who may be assigned the role of a contributor, author, editor or administrator depending on the tasks you want the student responsible for
2. Yourself - assigned the role of an administrator

Once the blogs are created you add yourself as co administrator by either:

1. Adding your student as a user to the blog
2. Or getting your students to add you to their blog as administrator

TIP: Remember if your students don’t have email addresses you can use Gmail method.

Using the Add New Screen

The second user is added to the blog using the  Add New Screen.  This screen is designed so that you can either:

• Add an existing user on Edublogs.org (or the Edublogs Campus site) to the blog
• Create a username for a person who isn’t already a member of the Edublogs.org (or the Edublogs Campus site) and at the same time add that new user to the blog

1.  Go to Users > Add New in the blog’s Dashboard

2.  For an existing user add their username, the email address attached to that username, select their role and click Add User

• Tip: You will see a message saying ‘Sorry, that email address is already used!’  or ‘Sorry, that username already exists!’  if you enter the incorrect combination of username or email address

For a new user, add a suitable username, their email address, select their role and click Add User.

Tips:

• For both existing and new users they will be sent an invitation email and they must click the confirmation link before they’re added as a user to the blog. This email normally arrives within 30 minutes.
• New users have 48 hours to click on the link in the email to activate  their account otherwise you will need to reset up their account.
• Spam filters, especially strict ones for institutional email addresses, often block these activation emails. If unsure use free webmail accounts such as gmail, hotmail that don’t block these invitation emails.
• Use only lowercase letters and numbers, with no spaces, in the username
• The username is what they use to sign into the blog dashboard and is displayed on posts and comments they write. You can’t change a username,  however you can change what name is displayed.
• It won’t allow you to create several usernames with the same email address because the system resets password based on email address. But you can trick it using the gmail+ method
• Existing users are sent a joining confirmation email

• New users are sent a blog invite email

• Once a new users clicks the link in the blog invite email they will be sent an email with their username, their password and a login link
• After users have confirmed the invite they will be listed as users on the blog’s Authors and Users screen and only be able to access features in blog’s administration panel based on the role you’ve assigned them.

It’s as simple as:

1.  Log into your Edublogs (or Edublogs Campus) account

2.  Go to the Edublogs signup page or your Edublogs Campus sign-up page

3.  Name your blog and click Signup

• Use only lowercase letters and numbers, with no spaces, in your Blog Domain
• Your Blog domain can’t be changed once created
  • Use a domain that reflects what your blog is about and is unique
  • Keep in mind people need to be able to remember and easily type your blog domain into their browser – where possible try to keep it short but meaningful
• Don’t stress too much about your blog title as this can be changed any time in Settings > General.

4.  You’ll be sent an email with your new blog login details.

• The password will be missing because you log in with your existing username and password.

]]> http://help.edublogs.org/2009/08/28/creating-new-blogs/feed/ 0 http://help.edublogs.org/2009/07/29/signing-up-for-your-blog/ http://help.edublogs.org/2009/07/29/signing-up-for-your-blog/#comments Wed, 29 Jul 2009 23:53:25 +0000 Sue Waters http://help.edublogs.org/?p=221 Welcome to Edublogs!

This page is about how to sign up for your blog.  Please check out our guide for a general overview of Edublogs.

To sign up for an Edublogs blog:

1. Go to Edublogs.org  sign up page

2.  Enter your details and then click Next.

• Use only lowercase letters and numbers, with no spaces, in your username
• Your username is what you use to sign into your blog dashboard and is displayed on posts and comments you write. You can’t change your username but you can change what name is displayed.

3. On the next page name your blog and click Signup.

• Use only lowercase letters and numbers, with no spaces, in your Blog Domain
• Your Blog domain can’t be changed once created
  • Use a domain that reflects what your blog is about and is unique
  • Keep in mind people need to be able to remember and easily type your blog domain into their browser – where possible try to keep it short but meaningful
• Don’t stress too much about your blog title as this can be changed any time in Settings > General.

4.  On the final page your blog details are displayed and when you click on Login into your new blog you’re taken to your blog dashboard.

• Make sure you write down your password if you use our no email option otherwise you won’t be able to reset it.