Introduction to UNSW Blogs
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Workshop Overview
• Welcome and Introductions
• Introduction to the UNSW Blogs Platform
• Wordpress Basics
• UNSW Blogs Terms of Use & Publishing Policies
• Plugins – Bells and Whistles (Additional Features!)
• Help and Resources
• Questions and General Discussion
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Intro to the
UNSW Blogs Platform
– Open Source blogging platform used
– Wordpress is used to enable a wide range of blogging spaces including Wordpress.com, UMW Blogs (University of Mary Washington Blogs), TAFENSW – Sydney Institute Blogs, Edublogs
Powered by the Wordpress Multi-User Platform
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Wordpress Basics
• WordPressMU is an open source blog publishing / content management application
• Allows for publication of multiple blogs on one platform and is extremely customisable
• Includes the ability to develop Custom Themes (templates) and installation of plugins and widgets to ensure flexibility
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UNSW Blogs Terms of Use & Publishing
Policies• The Terms of Use and Guidelines Publishing on the
UNSW Blogs platform are currently under development
• The Terms of Use and Guidelines should allow for flexibility and sharing, as well as ensuring that relevant university polices are met.
• Consideration should be given to policies for both professional and personal use of online tools such as blog, wikis and social software
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Existing Policies to Consider
• TAFE NSW – Sydney Institute’s Terms of Use and Guidelines for the myLearning Platform (Wikis and blogs) See: http://termsofuse.sydneyinstitute.wikispaces.net/
• BBC Guidelines for Online PublishingSee: http://www.bbc.co.uk/guidelines/editorialguidelines/
• BBC Guidelines for Personal Use of Online and Social Media SitesSee:http://www.bbc.co.uk/guidelines/editorialguidelines/advice/personalweb/index.shtml
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TAFE NSW – Sydney Institute Guidelines
See: http://termsofuse.sydneyinstitute.wikispaces.net/
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UNSW Blog Themes
• A small collection of UNSW Blog Themes have been developed and more are on the way!
• Themes have been designed to meet UNSW Branding obligations, but still allow for a level of user customisation and personalisation
• Themes are designed for use with a wide range of plugins, plus ‘widgetised’ to allow for extensive sidebar and content customisation.
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Themes: Course Blog Theme
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Themes: UNSW Blogs - Simple
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PLUGINS!• In general, most standard
Wordpress Plugins work with WPMU, however there are some exceptions.
• Some standard Wordpress plugins require extra customisation to work on the WPMU platform securely.
• Plugins can be activated and deactivated on a per-blog basis.
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Plugins: Podcasting and Vodcasting
• UNSW Blogs allows for podcasting and vodcasting using the Blubrry PowerPress Plugin
• Blubrry is a 3rd party plugin and is used on the Blubrry Social Network which has a focus on podcasting. It enables users to:
– Easily add/modify/remove podcast episodes from blog posts and pages – Integrated audio/video media player – Podcast Only Feed and integrated feeds– iTunes RSS tags – Enhanced iTunes summaries from blog posts option – iTunes album/cover art – Ping iTunes – Media size detection – Duration detection (mp3 only)
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Blubrry Podcasting/Vodcasting Interface
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Embedding Multimedia
• Wordpress MU allow for the embedding of various multimedia and web 2.0 resources including sites like Youtube, Flickr and Slideshare.net
• Various Plugins have been installed to enhance this feature, allowing for seamless integration of content and ‘mashups’!
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Sidebars and Widgets!
• Wordpress allows for customisation of blog sidebars via Widgets.
• A wide range of widgets have been installed on the UNSW Blogs Platform, including tools to embed multimedia, web 2.0 tools and various additional features.
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Questions and Discussion!
Note: We will publish these slides on the TELT Blog shortly and encourage you to continue the discussion online!
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USEFUL LINKS
• UNSW Blogs: http://blogs.unsw.edu.au• TELT WIKI – Blogging Resources:• Wordpress MU: http://mu.wordpress.org• Jo Kay’s Website: http://jokay.com.au
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Contact Jo!Jo Kay, Freelance Virtual Worlds, Web Design, eLearning & Facilitation
– Blog: http://jokay.com.au– Wiki: http://jokay.wikispaces.com– Portfolio Site: http://jaspercat.net – Email: [email protected]– Twitter: http://twitter.com/jokay – Islands of jokaydia: http://jokaydia.com – Mob: 0405179622