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Blogging for Beginners 2007

 

WEEK 5 Tasks - Feb 12th to 18th

Going Beyond: Make Your Blog Unique

 

 

Objectives for Week 5: Make your blog a rich and attractive learning environment by including multimedia content and multiple communication tools.

 

 

Task 1 - Adding voice and other files to entries:

a. Create a sound file at Odeo (http://odeo.com) or Podomatic (www.podomatic.com)...

b. Create a slideshow at Bubbleshare (www.bubbleshare.com), add your voice comments (optional)...

 ...and include it/them in one of your blog posts.

 

Tutorials for Task 1:

 

Task 2 - Personalizing templates

a. Edit your blog sidebar links

b. Add a widget to your template

c. Offer e-mail subscription to your blog (Check FeedBlitz widgets HERE)

 

Tutorial for Task 2:

 

Optional Tasks

a. Create and edit a new element in your sidebar

b. Change the size and alignment of some of your widgets

c. Insert your logo in the header (click HERE for a step-by-step guide)

 

Blogs of the Week

 

 

Office Hours 

 The Blogging Team will be at Yahoo Messenger on the following times to answer your questions about this week's tasks. Please add our IDs.

 

 Date

Time

Hosted by

Yahoo Contact ID

Monday, February 12th

14.00 to 15.00 GMT

Carla Arena carlaarena
Tuesday, February 13th

00.00 to 01.00 GMT

 


 

13.00 to 14.00 GMT

Claudia Bellusci mcbellusci
Wednesday, February 14th 14.00 to 15.00 GMT Carla Arena carlaarena
Thursday, February 15th 22.00 to 23.00 GMT Erika Cruvinel erikacruvinel
Friday, February 16th 23.00 to 24.00 GMT Claudia Bellusci mcbellusci
Saturday, February 17th 11:30 to 12:30 GMT Gladys Baya gladysbaya

 

SUGGESTED READINGS

(Select according to your needs)

  

 

  • Wiki page: Some Tips and Links to Personalize your Blog Template

http://bloggingforbeginners.pbwiki.com/Some-Tips-and-Links-to-Personalize-your-Blog-Template

 

http://eltnotes.blogspot.com/2007/02/on-gadgets-and-widgets.html

 

How to upgrade your template (Migrating from the Old to the New Blogger)

http://help.blogger.com/bin/answer.py?answer=44474 

 

How to add, arrange and edit elements in your template

http://help.blogger.com/bin/answer.py?answer=43708

 

How to edit and customize the fonts and colors of your blog without any knowledge of HTML or CSS

http://help.blogger.com/bin/answer.py?answer=43709

 

A periodically updated list of tools you might want to have in your blog to add functionality to it

http://www.quickonlinetips.com/archives/2005/04/free-essential-tools-for-blogger/

 

A help page to avoid a usual reason for blog messiness

http://www.quickonlinetips.com/archives/2006/07/long-words-and-urls-can-break-your-blog-template/

 

http://michaelatmo.blogspot.com/2006/05/how-to-embed-you-tube-player-in-your.html

 

http://www.thurbroeders.nl/tutorials/banners/t_b_1.htm

 

How to save your current widgets when changing templates in the New Blogger

http://thrbrtemplates.blogspot.com/2007/02/save-widget.html

 

The questions you asked during the workshop and the answers you got

http://bloggingforbeginners.pbwiki.com/Q-and-A-on-templates-and-widgets

 

http://www.bloggerforum.com/modules/newbb/index.php

 

Have fun with the Ten Commandments for Bloggers

http://betabloggerfordummies.blogspot.com

http://betabloggerfordummies.blogspot.com/2006/10/how-to-add-picture-to-beta-blog-header.html

 
  • Testing Blogger Beta

http://testing-blogger-beta.blogspot.com/

    • Adding a graphic to your blog header

http://testing-blogger-beta.blogspot.com/2006/09/adding-graphic-to-your-blog-header.html

 
  • Beautiful Beta

http://beautifulbeta.blogspot.com/

 
  • Some Template Tips & Tricks

http://beta-templatetesting.blogspot.com/

 

 

 

OLD BLOGGER ONLY

 

  • Adding Links and Pictures to your Blog Template

This worksheet explains how to change the template in your blog at Blogger so that it displays your links and pictures down the sidebar frame when your blog is displayed on the Internet

http://www.homestead.com/prosites-vstevens/files/pi/computing2/blogwork/blog_template.htm

 

  • Editing your blog

Learn to identify the different template sections and what you can edit in each.

http://www.blogcourse.charityblognetwork.com/?page_id=10

 

 

 

 

 

Check your work for Week 5