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the blogs tool enables you to create ashared online diary for use in class. this tutorial shows you how to create anew blog and select settings that meet yourlearning objectives. users can access to blogs tool inseveral ways. through course menu links, content area links, or from the tools area depending onwhere the instructor makes the tool available. we'll access the blogs tool from itscourse menu link. click create blog. type a blog name name

and instructions. students see theinstructions as they create their blog entries. they can respond to prompts inyour instructions. next, ensure that the blog is availableto students. optionally, you can limit the blog'savailability to specific dates and times. determinehow students will participate. course blogs allow all students to postentries and comment. individual blogs permit each student tocreate entries only within their own blog with the restof the class reading and commenting on it.

let's select individual to all studentsand allow anonymous entries and comments. choose whether youwant users to see blog entries grouped by month or week. you can allow users to edit ordelete entries, and allow them to delete comments. you can make the blog gradable bygiving it a point value. set the number of entries that triggerneeds grading status. when grading is enabled, you can give theblog

a due date. entries made after the duedate are marked late in the grade center and on the needscreating page. lastly, you can associate a rubric with thegraded blog and determine whether or not students can view it. now click submit. a notice indicates thatthe blog was created. right now students can access this blogthrough the blogs tool. let's make a link in the content areafor easier access. access a content area. point to tools in the action bar, and select blogs fromthe drop-down list.

you can link to the list of existing blogs, a specific blog, or create a new blog.let's link to the new blog we created. click next. these settings are for the linkthat appears in the content area, not for the blog itself. for example, youcould make the link unavailable here, but students could still access theblock from the blogs tool. now click submit. a link to the new blogis now available to students in this content area. when users view the blog, they can see the blog type,number of entries, and comments and instructions. users arenotified about new blog entries

in my blackboard's posts page. let's review. first, access the blogs tool, then create a new blog and set blogoptions. additionally, you can create a link tothe blog in a content area.

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