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This refers to Moodle 3.8 11 from September 2020 August 2022 onward

Every user of Moodle.Nottingham has their own blog and you can use this for your posts.

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1. Navigate to the Moodle module you want to add blogs to.
2. Click the 'Turn editing on icon'
3. Open the 'Hamburger menu'
4. Scroll down to Add a block and select it
5. From the list that opens, select 'Blog menu'

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6. A blog menu block is put into your course/module

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1. Navigate to the Moodle module you want to write a blog for
2. Find the Blog Menu block, and then you can add an entry to your personal blog through Moodle

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3. From the Blog Menu block, click on Add a new entry OR if you want to tag the entry as relevant to this particular module, click Add an entry about this module

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4. Write your entry and give it a title. If you want to attach a file, ether drag and drop one into the window (IE10 or other browser required) OR click the pink folder 'Add...' icon to access the File picker to locate a file. Keep post attachments - such as images or files - small, or they will be rejected.

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5. Under "Publish to" choose who you wish to publish the entry to i.e. who may see the entry. There are two options:

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3. Complete the registration fields to add another blog (see below)
Note:   blog:

• • 'RSS feed URL' RSS feed for your external blog. URLs do not work.
  • 'Name' If not changed, the title in the external blog will be used.
  • 'Description' If not complete, description / overview from the external blog will be used.
  • 'Filter tags' Filter posts made in external blog according to tags used - uses this to decide which posts to display in Moodle blog.
  • 'Add these tags' Automatically adds these tags to the posts from this external blog that are displayed in your Moodle blog to help readers filter posts easily.
    Note:   You are only required to enter the "RSS feed URL" for the external blog site but the other details will prove useful if you are connecting more than one  external blogs.

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4. Once you’ve finished adding all the details click on the 'Save changes' button.

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