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Working with Student Blogs Stage 2, Using the LINC Courseware 1 Working with Student Blogs A blog is a personal online writing space and all students and teachers using the LINC courseware have their own blogs. There are blog writing activities throughout the LINC 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7 courseware. Exemplar The Blog menu block (visible below) is available in the Stage 2/3 Exemplar course. It appears on the right side of the course. The Blog menu block is displayed on all pages in the courseware, and students should use them when doing a blog writing task. Three of the links in the Blog menu are contextualized to the courseware page displaying it. The above example is a screenshot of a blog menu on a Moodle Page with a blog task. (A) This link displays, on one page, all of the blog entries associated with this Page/ task. Only those blog entries that have been published to anyone on the site are displayed. • Students can decide if their blog entry is ‘private’ or ‘shared’ when they save their work. The only way for a teacher to see and a student’s blog entry is if it is shared. In this case, anyone in the course can also see and comment on the blog entry, although the student can temporarily enable and disable it if desired. (B) This link can be used by a student to display their own entries associated with this Page/task. (C) This link associates a new blog entry to this Page/task. Links (A) and (B) will only display blog entries that were added using link (C). • If all students complete a blog task-using link (C), it will be much easier for the teacher to access all of the student blog entries through link (A). Otherwise, the teacher must navigate to each student’s blog page, which is discussed later.
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WorkingwithStudentBlogsAblogisapersonalonlinewritingspaceandallstudentsandteachersusingtheLINCcoursewarehavetheirownblogs.ThereareblogwritingactivitiesthroughouttheLINC3,4,5,6,and7courseware.
ExemplarTheBlogmenublock(visiblebelow)isavailableintheStage2/3Exemplarcourse.Itappearsontherightsideofthecourse.TheBlogmenublockisdisplayedonallpagesinthecourseware,andstudentsshouldusethemwhendoingablogwritingtask.ThreeofthelinksintheBlogmenuarecontextualizedtothecoursewarepagedisplayingit.
TheaboveexampleisascreenshotofablogmenuonaMoodlePagewithablogtask.
(A) Thislinkdisplays,ononepage,alloftheblogentriesassociatedwiththisPage/task.Onlythoseblogentriesthathavebeenpublishedtoanyoneonthesitearedisplayed.
• Studentscandecideiftheirblogentryis‘private’or‘shared’whentheysavetheirwork.Theonlywayforateachertoseeandastudent’sblogentryisifitisshared.Inthiscase,anyoneinthecoursecanalsoseeandcommentontheblogentry,althoughthestudentcantemporarilyenableanddisableitifdesired.
(B) ThislinkcanbeusedbyastudenttodisplaytheirownentriesassociatedwiththisPage/task.
(C) ThislinkassociatesanewblogentrytothisPage/task.Links(A)and(B)willonlydisplayblogentriesthatwereaddedusinglink(C).
• Ifallstudentscompleteablogtask-usinglink(C),itwillbemucheasierfortheteachertoaccessallofthestudentblogentriesthroughlink(A).Otherwise,theteachermustnavigatetoeachstudent’sblogpage,whichisdiscussedlater.
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Onceablogentryisshared,teachersandstudentscanleaveacommentonthatentry.(Notethatsharedblogentriescanalsoviewbystudentsinothercourses.)Ifunwantedcommentsarepostedonsomeone’sblog,thesiteadministratorcandeletethem.Anysuchissueshouldbereportedbytheteachertothementor.
HowStudentsAddaBlogEntryAssociatedwithanActivity1. NavigatetoablogwritingtaskfromaLINC3to7coursepage.
2. ClickAddanentryaboutthisPage
• BlogtasksarehostedonMoodlePages• DonotclickAddanewentry(belowthehorizontalline)orthenewblogentry
willnotbeassociatedwiththisparticularPage/blogtask.
3. Typetheblogtitleandthemessage.
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• Thereisanoptiontoincludeanattachment.
4. SelecttheappropriatesettinginthePublishto:dropdownmenu.
5. ClicktheSavechangesbutton
Additionalnotes• KeywordtagscanbeaddedintheTagssection.TheteachershouldaddtheBlogs
tagsblocktothecourseifstudentsaretaggingtheirblogentries.TheBlogtagsblockcollatesblogtagsfromacrosstheentireedulinc.orgsite,afeaturemanylanguageteachersprefertoavoid.
• TheAssociationssectionshowswhichactivity/resourcetheblogisassociatedwith.
Deselectingthecheckboxwillremovetheassociation.
Publishto:Yourself(draft)vs.AnyoneonthissiteTherearetwoPublishto:settingswhensavingablogentry.
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• Yourself(draft)meanstheentryisprivateandcannotbeviewedbyanyoneelse,includingtheteacher.
• Anyoneonthissitemeanstheblogisavailablefortheteacherandotherstoseeandcommenton.
LookingatBlogEntriesAssociatedwithaBlogWritingActivity
1. Navigatetoablogwritingtaskonacoursepage
2. ClickViewallentriesaboutthisPageintheBlogmenublock
• AllofthestudentblogentriesassociatedwiththisPage/blogtaskappearonthispage.Seetheimageonthenextpage:
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ViewingBlogEntriesforaSpecificStudentItispossibleforteacherstoviewallofaparticularstudent’sblogentriesthathavebeenpublishedtoanyoneonthesite.TheseinstructionsrequiretheteachertohaveaccesstoboththeNavigationandPeopleblocks.Iftheseblocksarenotvisibleinacourse,theteachercanaddthembygoingtothecoursehomepageandselectingtheTurneditingonoption.Oncecourseeditingisenabled,locatetheAddablockblock,clickAdd…andselectNavigation(orPeople,asneeded).1. ClickParticipantsinthePeopleblock.
2. Locateandclickthetargetstudent’sname.
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• Thetargetstudent’sViewprofilecoursepageappears.
3. ClickontheViewfullprofilelink
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• Thetargetstudent’sPublicprofilepageopensandanewViewallblogentrieslinkappearsundertheMiscellaneousheading.ThereisalsoanewlinktothesamepageintheNavigationblockunderBlogs,clickoneitheroftheselinkstoseealltheblogentriesbythisuser.
Apageappearswithalloftheblogspostedbythatstudent.
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CommentingonBlogEntries1. Navigatetoablogentryyouwouldliketocommenton.
2. ClickCommentsunderthatblogentry.
• ThenumberinbracketsnexttotheCommentslinkshowsthenumberofcommentsforthatposting.
3. AfterclickingComments,atextboxappears.TypeyourcommentsinthetextboxthatsaysAddacomment…
4. ClickSavecommentaftertypingyourcomment.
5. Thenewcommentappearsinthisblogentry.
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Inthisimageyoucanseesomeoftheotherfeaturesavailableintheblogentry,notethatthisisintheteacherviewofastudent’sblogpost:
Lookingatthesameblogpostinthestudentview(theauthorofthisentry),revealssomedifferences:
EditingaBlogEntry1. Navigatetoablogentryyouwouldliketoedit.(Unlikeforumpostings,teachers
cannoteditstudentblogs.)Onlytheownerofablog,e.g.students,orthesiteadministratorcandothis.
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2. ClicktheEditlinkintheblogposting.(Thereisalinktodeletethepostingaswell.)
3. Makethechangestotheblog.Charleychangedthewordingslightlyandheismakinghisblogprivate.Whenheisfinished,hewillclickontheSavechangesbuttontocompletetheeditingprocess.
• Thechangeshavebeenupdated.
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BlogHelplinksMoodleDocuments:Blogs<http://docs.moodle.org/31/en/Blogs>MoodleDocuments:BlogsFAQ<http://docs.moodle.org/31/en/Blogs_FAQ>
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