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This refers to Moodle 4.3 from August 2024 onwards
Every user of Moodle has their own blog, and you can use this for your own posts.
Blog post are visible either only to yourself OR to everyone in Moodle. Blog posts made visible (i.e. not private to just yourself) are visible only to those with Moodle logins - they cannot be made generally public.
Blog posts can be associated with a particular module or an activity or a resource but will still be readable by everyone in Moodle.
Reasons for blogging
You can comment on others’ blog posts within Moodle, and they can comment on yours.
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. 
3. Open the Block Drawer from the right hand side of the screen using the pop out button
Note: In Moodle 4.3 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
5. From the list that opens, select 'Blog menu'
6. A blog menu block is put into your course/module
7. Don't forget to 'Turn editing off' on the Moodle page
1. Find the Blog Menu block, and then you can add an entry to your personal blog through Moodle
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
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.
6. Under "Publish to" choose who you wish to publish the entry to i.e. who may see the entry. There are two options:
a) Yourself (draft)
b) Anyone on this site (i.e. who has a username for Moodle)
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)
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'
2. Under "Blogs" choose the relevant settings link to amend. A description of each is below:
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'
2. Under Blogs choose Register an external blog. This allows you to add other blogs you use (such as an external Wordpress or Blogger blog) to your Moodle blog so each can update automatically when you post to one or the other.
3. Complete the registration fields to add another blog:
4. Once you’ve finished adding all the details click on the 'Save changes' button.
The following other resources are also relevant to this topic:
Please contact your local elearning support team.
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