From The Edublogger, Sue Waters, a Slideshare presentation on "How to share a PowerPoint Presentation using SlideShare."
This basic presentation should give you the basic information on getting started, so you can include your PowerPoint presentation in your blogs.
For more information you can watch the SlideShare quick tour, or visit their help desk.
Showing posts with label Blog Basics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Blog Basics. Show all posts
Thursday, May 20, 2010
Friday, April 30, 2010
Updated Resources for Creating a Blog
The initial list of Resources for Creating a Blog was published during the first week of the course. I've added in several additional blog posts with tips and links to resources for creating your blog. This week the focus has been on adding gadgets (or widgets), setting blog permissions and controlling blog comments.
List of latest blog posts on Creating a Blog.
With these different posts and the resources available to you under blogger help, with a bit of time, the process of creating a blog will be more fun and less confusing.
List of latest blog posts on Creating a Blog.
- Basic Blogger Gadgets
- Adding Gadgets to Blogger
- Setting Blog Permissions - Selecting Readers
- Controlling Blog Comments
With these different posts and the resources available to you under blogger help, with a bit of time, the process of creating a blog will be more fun and less confusing.
Saturday, April 24, 2010
Resources for Starting a Blog
I've pulled together several resources in different posts to help get you started in creating a blog for this course.
Hopefully this will make the process of creating a blog more fun and less confusing.
Hopefully this will make the process of creating a blog more fun and less confusing.
Keeping Your Blog More Private
Since this blog is being created in Blogger (a public free service), it could be viewed by everyone who has access to the Internet. If a blog is made available to search engines, it is more likely that people outside of the class might access it.
If you want to make you blog more private and more likely to only be viewed by other members of the class, you can change the settings on your blog.
To make the blog more private, select "Settings" from the tabs under your main menu.
Once you are in the settings mode, you can edit the Title, Description. The next two questions are the ones you want to change if you want your blog more private.
Add your blog to our listings?
If you select "No" your blog will not appear in these places, but it will still be available on the Internet. This blog will still be displayed on your profile unless you hide it. To hide it from your profile you need to edit your displayed blogs. Follow the link to edit your displayed blogs on your dashboard, Settings page.
Let search engines find your blog?
If you select "Yes" we will include your blog in Google Blog Search and ping Weblogs.com.
If you select "No", everyone can still view your blog but search engines will be instructed not to crawl it.
While ticking the boxes helps to keep your blog out of the search engines, it is still potentially viewable by others who have access to your blog URL outside of the class.
If privacy is a big concern for you, think twice about what you are posting on your blog, since it is going out the Internet.
Blogger Privacy
You can read more about Blogger Privacy and Content Policy by following their links.
If you want to make you blog more private and more likely to only be viewed by other members of the class, you can change the settings on your blog.
To make the blog more private, select "Settings" from the tabs under your main menu.
Once you are in the settings mode, you can edit the Title, Description. The next two questions are the ones you want to change if you want your blog more private.
- Add your blog to our listings?
- Let search engines find your blog?
Add your blog to our listings?
If you select "No" your blog will not appear in these places, but it will still be available on the Internet. This blog will still be displayed on your profile unless you hide it. To hide it from your profile you need to edit your displayed blogs. Follow the link to edit your displayed blogs on your dashboard, Settings page.
Let search engines find your blog?
If you select "Yes" we will include your blog in Google Blog Search and ping Weblogs.com.
If you select "No", everyone can still view your blog but search engines will be instructed not to crawl it.
While ticking the boxes helps to keep your blog out of the search engines, it is still potentially viewable by others who have access to your blog URL outside of the class.
If privacy is a big concern for you, think twice about what you are posting on your blog, since it is going out the Internet.
Blogger Privacy
You can read more about Blogger Privacy and Content Policy by following their links.
Understanding RSS Feeds
A basic, short explanation of RSS from Common Craft, where they explain how RSS (Really Simple Syndication) helps save time when reading the web.
More on Blogger Reading Lists
Visit their blog and sign up using Google FriendConnect (How to Use Google FriendConnect and Blogger Reading List) or go to your Blogger Dashboard and add the URL from their blogs by clicking on the "Add" button.
By selecting from "All blog updates" or a specific blog, you can read what has been recently posted in that blog.
Find out more about "What is Following?" by reading the answer on Blogger Help.
Friday, April 23, 2010
Getting Started with Google Reader
A video tutorial on how to sign up for Google Reader. The video also provides information on how to add your first subscription.
How to Use Google FriendConnect and Blogger Reading List
You can sign up to follow your classmate's blogs with Google FriendConnect. Once signed in, the Blogger Reading List (available on your Blogger Dashboard) allows you to connect with any of the sites you have joined using Google FriendConnect.
Blogger Reading List allows you to read the latest posts from the blogs you are following on your Blogger Dashboard.
The list will update whenever a new post is published on any blog in your Reading List.
For more information on using the Blogger Reading List, see their help page.
Thursday, April 22, 2010
Understanding Blogs
An 2007 YouTube video from Commoncraft, that helps people understand why blogs are such a big deal.
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