getting started with

Making the News

What is Making the News?• online news reporting system

• can be used at school and at home

• used by staff and pupils

• it’s free to set up and to use (contact CLEO to be set up)

• simple interface

• no technical knowledge needed or assumed

How do I find my school’s page?• go to www.cleo.net.uk

• follow link to Making the News

• click on “regions”

• choose “CLEO schools” from drop down menu

• click on your school’s name (contact CLEO if you aren’t yet set up)

• this is your school’s MTN “homepage”

Go to

http://kmi4schools.e2bn.net/cleo_central/

click on

Go to

http://kmi4schools.e2bn.net/cleo_central/

click on

Go to

http://kmi4schools.e2bn.net/cleo_central/

click on the name of your school

This is your school’s URL and the link you should use from your school website

your school’s URL is unique

Making a news story is easy

• make sure you are on your school’s page

• click on “news” and then “submit”

• click on “guest entry”

• start writing!

Make sure you are on your school’s page

click on

(make sure you are on your school’s page)

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(make sure you are on your school’s page)

click on

Start to write - or copy and paste - your story beginning with the by-line….

Enter your name – school policy is usually first name only

Story Headline

Think carefully about headlines – do use CAPITALS, puns, alliteration etc

The Story

Stories can be copied and pasted from a word processing package – clear paragraphing is important.

Multi-Media – make the most of it

Upload a picture, movie, or an MP3 sound file

Multi-Media – make the most of it

Explain your media to the reader in your caption

Insert a relevant hyperlink

This is the text that the reader will see

Insert a relevant hyperlink

This is the full web address for the link (use http://...)

Save and Preview

Preview and add more media items and hyperlinks

Re-edit

Click on re-edit to alter your story, add more media and/or links

Publish

Click on publish to send your story to your school’s administrator(s)

School ICT/Image Consent Policies

Schools will need to look at Making the News in the light of their ICT, Internet and image consent policies and guidance should be

issued.

This is the responsibility of the individual school.

Making the most of MTN

• Make sure that you have up-to-date Flash Player and QuickTime players installed

• At present only QuickTime movies can be uploaded – this will be changed in the near future

• Make sure that pictures aren’t too big to be uploaded – use a free package such as Irfan View to compress them

• Ensure that all your reporters are aware of copyright

More issues and ideas

• Administrators can preload images in the Media Library ready for use (be aware of copyright issues)

• FlashBlogging doesn’t always work within CLEO for security reasons. It is a neat way of recording a small “talking head” using a webcam plugged into your computer. It may work at school or at home if you wish to try it.

• Look beyond CLEO at the other RBCs in “Regions” for ideas and inspiration

Everyone can use MTN – pupils, teachers, non-teaching

staff, PTA, governors…

Use MTN to celebrate learning, activities and events

in your school/home community

Good luck making your news!