• Click on http://blogger.com• If you have a Google

account(i.e. Gmail), then sign in with your username and password, click on Create a Blog (go to slide 4)

• Otherwise set up a new Google account by clicking on Create your Blog now

• Type in your email address• Retype your email address• Type in a password (8

characters letters and/or numbers)

• Retype password• Type in a display name

(could be your own name)• Type the letters in the

Word Verification box• Click Continue

• Type in a name for your blog, this is the Main Title of your blog

• Type in a name for your blog address, click on Check Availability

• Type in the Word Verification box

• Click on Continue

• Select a template (you can adjust the colours later)

• Click Continue

A message will appearstating that your bloghas been created. ClickStart Blogging

Use the toolbar to change the font, size of font, bold, italicize or change the text colour. There are buttons for alignment and bullets as well. Don’t forget to highlight text that needs to be changed.

When you are in a published blog page

• Click on Customize

• Click on Posting tab

• Click on Edit Posts• Click Edit on the post you

want to change

When you are in the Dashboard

• Click on Edit Posts

• Click Edit on the post you want to change

• It is a good idea to tag your posts with labels so that they can be searched for and grouped

• Ideas for labels might be Curriculum areas such as ‘writing, math’ etc

• Add the labels with a comma and space to separate them

• You can add labels later by clicking on Customizeand then Posting tab and then

Edit Posts, click on the Post that needs labels

When you are in a blog page

• Click on Customize

• Click on Settings tab

When you are in the Dashboard

• Click on Settings

• Click Always to enable comment moderation (this means you can review comments before they appear on the blog) type in your email address

• Type in your email address so that you can receive notification when somebody has left a comment on your blog

• Click on

• Click on the Permissions tab• Click on button if you are allowing more people

permission to write on your blog, type in their email addresses

• Click on the choice of Blog readers; Anybody, only people I choose (you can have up to 100) or only blog authors

Click on View Blog to see your blog at any time

• Click on Pick New Template• To change a template click on each of the selections• Choose a variation of the theme• Click

When you are in a Blog PageClick on CustomizeWhen you are in DashboardClick on Layout

• Click on Fonts and Colours• To change colours click on each

of the selections• Choose a colour from the

colour palettes

• When you click on the text font, a choice of fonts will appear

• When you have finished making all changes, click

When you are in a Blog PageClick on CustomizeWhen you are in DashboardClick on Layout

From your Blog Page• Click on Customize

• Click on Posting

From the Dashboard• Click on New Post

• Click on the Insert Photo button• Choose a Layout (none, left, center and right)• Choose an Image size (small, medium and large)• Click on the Browse button

Click on View Blog to see your blog at any time

• Click on the Insert Movie button• Type in a title for your Video in

Video Title• Click on the

Browse button • Navigate to where your video is saved• Click Open• Click on I agree to the Upload

Terms and conditions• Click on• Click

• Go to youtube.com and find a movie to embed• Click on the Customize button• Click on a colour border• Click on the ‘Don’t include

related videos’• Click in the box containing

code • Press Ctrl C (or Command C)• Click on the Edit Html tab in the

blog posting window, click where the movie is going to go• Press Ctrl V, click on the Compose tab and you will see

the movie in the Posting box, click on

• Click on Text• Type in a Title • Type in whatever text you would

like to add to the gadgets side of your blog. This might be an introduction to you and what your blog is about

• Click• You may need to move a

gadget if it is not in the right place, just click onit and drag to place it

• Click on Picture• Type in a Title (name of your Picture)• Type in a caption if you have one• You can choose a link or you can

choose an image from your computer• To choose an image from your

computer• Click on the Browse button• Navigate to where your picture is

saved on your Hardrive• Click Open• Click Save

• Click on Link List • Type in a Title• (in my example I have made a list of useful

websites)• Type or paste in the Internet address in

New Site URL• Type in the New Site Name• Click on• Repeat procedure until you have all your

links • Click Save when you have finished adding

to the list

• Click on Blog List• Click on Add a blog to your list• Type in a Blog Address• Click • To add more

click on

• Click Save when you have finished

• Click on Labels• Choose whether you want to

view your labels alphabetically or By Frequency

• Click Save

• Click on Slideshow• Click on Source and choose

where to get your photos• In this

example select Flickr

• Click in the User Option• Type in your

Username• Click Save when you have

finished

• Click on HTML/JavaScript• Type a title• Paste (Ctrl V) the code into the

content box• Click Save when you have

finished

If you have checked your Blog and you don’t like where a gadget is placed then you will need to move it. Click on the gadget (in this example My Blog List), click and drag it down to place it. Click

You can edit a Gadget at any time by clicking on Edit

You can delete a Gadget at any time by clicking on Edit and then

If you are creating this blog for a class you may want to remove the ‘Navbar’ as students could click on ‘Next Blog’ and it might have inappropriate material

When you are in a Blog Page, Click on CustomizeWhen you are in Dashboard, Click on Layout TabClick on the Edit HTML tabIn the HTML template

Find a line of space anywhere on the templateand type this code

#navbar-iframe{height:0px;display:none;}

Click on Preview to see if the Navbar has gone (if it hasn’t then you haven’t typed in the code correctly; note the style of the brackets)Click Save Template

• If you have a Navbar

• Click on Sign In, type in your User Name and Password and you will see the Dashboard appear

• If you do not have a Navbar then type in http://www.blogger.com (just blogger.com will work)

• Type in your User Name and Password and you will see the Dashboard appear

• http://clustrmaps.com/index.htm Cluster maps

• Type in your blog address and email

• Press Ctrl A to select all of the code, then Ctrl C to copy

• Click on a new Page Element, choose HTML, paste the code, type in a title, click Save

• http://www.librarything.com/ Your Library

• Join now with a username, password and email

• Add books and comments• Click on Blog Widgets• Highlight the code and

copy• Click on a new Page

Element, choose HTML, paste the code, type in a title, click Save