How to Setup Your Classroom Blog

The majority of your work in this class will be submitted on your personal class blog site using Blogger. This assignment requires you to create your personal blog site.

Instructions:

There are two parts to this assignment. Creating your blog and posting your first post.

A. Create Your Blog

1. First, you will need a Google account. If you have a Gmail email account, you already have a Google account. If you don't, go here to sign-up.

2. Once you have your Google account, go to Blogger and create a new blog.

3. The title can be anything you want. Your blog address MUST be "your first name, last initial, rebelsphoto1112". For example: davidkrebelsphoto1112

4. On your blog dashboard ("Design"), click on "Settings":

• Under "Basic" you can change the title and description of your blog. You can also change your blog address here if you didn't set it correctly in the previous instruction. 

• Scroll down to "Permissions". Under "Blog readers", click "Add readers", select "Private - Only these readers" and add david.katsionis@burnabyschools.ca then click "Save Changes". This will make it so only I can see your blog. 

• Under Settings> Posts, comments, and sharing: Under the Comments section, change Comment Moderation to "always". Under "email moderation requests" type in your email so you know when I leave you feedback.

5. Customize your blog:

• Click on "Layout" to change the Header image.
• Click on "Theme" to change the style and colours of your blog. I would recommend the "simple" template. 
• Personalize your blog as you would like, but make sure the title makes sense for this class and that your blog is easy to read and navigate.