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This refers to Moodle 4.1 3 from December 2023 August 2024 onwards

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

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How to: add a Moodle blog block

1. Navigate to the Moodle module you want to add blogs to.
2. Turn on the editing mode, using the toggle switch in the top navigation bar. 

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3. Open the Block Drawer from the right hand side of the screen using the pop out button

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Note: In Moodle 4.1 3 the block drawer is now a toggle area, it is hidden as default and you must press the toggle button to pop it out from the side of the screen.

4. Once the block drawer is open, click Add a Block

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5. From the list that opens, select 'Blog menu'

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

7. Don't forget to 'Turn editing off' on the Moodle page 

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How to: add an entry to your Moodle blog

1. Find the Blog Menu block, and then you can add an entry to your personal blog through Moodle

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2. 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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5. Write your entry and give it a title. If you want to attach a file, ether either 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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6. 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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b) Anyone on this site (i.e. who has a username for Moodle)

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7. If you created this blog by clicking on Add an entry about this module, you will have an extra field at the bottom of the screen entitled "Associations". If you still wish to associate this blog with the module you are in, ensure that the box in "Associations" is checked (or uncheck it if this is a general blog post which is not related to a specific module)

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• Click on the 'Save changes' button.

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You can access the settings of your blog from anywhere in Moodle.

1. On any Moodle page go to the top right corner, and click the down arrow next to your name and select 'Preferences'

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2. Under "Blogs" choose the relevant settings link to amend.  A description of each is below:

1. 1. Blog preferences – the number of posts to show on each page
   2. External blogs – a list of all external blogs connected to your Moodle blog
   3. Register an external blog – allows you to add other blogs you use to your Moodle blog so it updates automatically from them

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To add an external blog

1. On any Moodle page go to the top right corner, and click the down arrow next to your name and select 'Preferences'

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• • '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 button.

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