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

Adding a block to your block drawer.

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

'Add a block' menu within the block drawer.

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

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

edit mode toggle switch turned off.

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

  Blog menu providing the option to view entries and add an entry.

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

Blog menu with the option to add an entry about this module and add a new entry.

5. Write your entry and give it a title. If you want to attach a file, either drag and drop one into the window or click the '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.

Adding a new blog entry, with the option to addd an entry title and add the main content.

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)

Using the dropdown menu under 'Publish to' you can select the audience for your blog

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)

Associations sub menu when creating a blog.

  • Click on the 'Save changes' button.

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    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

Under Blogs, there is the option to view blog preferences, external blogs and register an external blog.


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.

Adding an external blog content boxes requiring you to fill in the RSS feed URL, name, description and filter tags.

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

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