How to use Moodle blogs

This refers to Moodle 3.2 from July 2017 onward

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

If you use a Moodle blog, then it will be automatically linked to the course (Module page) if you use the Blog Menu block as described below.

Reasons for blogging

• To reflect on your experiences in the module
• To share information, resources, web links and so on that you have found
• To post pictures that are relevant to the course
• To share short reflections on the course and on sustainability
• For assessment

You can comment on others’ blog posts within Moodle, and they can comment on yours.

How to: add a Moodle blog block

1. Navigate to the Moodle module you want to add blogs to.

1. Click Turn editing on
2. Scroll to bottom of left column
3. In Add a block click Add and from the drop down list select Blog menu

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

How to: add an entry to your Moodle blog

Navigate to the Moodle module you want to write a blog for.

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

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

• 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 next to Attachment 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.
  
  

• Under Publish to choose who you wish to publish the entry to i.e. who may see the entry. There are two options: 
  1. Yourself (draft)
  2. Anyone on this site (i.e. who has a username for moodle.Nottingham)

• Moodle.Nottingham does not have official tags, so type in any tags that you think are appropriate. If you add more than one, they should be separated by commas

• 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)

• Click on the Save changes button.