creating and managing e profile

Creating and Managing e-Profile

Using Blogger

From the splash page click here

You can also access your account by logging into google.

Enter your username and password.Note: your username is your full email address!

Example:Username: rhnclar09@edubuzz.orgPassword: same as school password with 09 on the end of it.

Set up some contacts.Click on Mail

Click on Mail and select Contacts from the menu

Your contacts list appears.Use the search bar to find people.

After you have found the person you want click on the box next to their name.

Then click on ‘Add to My Contacts’

Click on the ‘More’ menu at the top of the page and select Blogger

Setting up Blog

Create a New BlogThis page shows all the blogs you own and will give you

quick access to simple commands.

Blog Title example: Richard H’s e_Profile

Address: rhrhall13

You can choose/ change your template later from the settings.

Click on the title of your blog to go to it’s control dashboard

From here you will be able control all aspects of your blog

Click on Settings and make sure Basic is selected.This is where we will change your Privacy Settings and Permissions.

Click here to edit your Privacy Settings.

Make sure both these options are set to No and save changes

We now need to make sure the right people can see your blog. Click Edit for the Blog Readers.

Choose the ‘Private – Only these readers’ option

Then click on ‘Add Readers’

Select ‘Choose from Contacts’

In this window you can search for anyone who has an @edubuzz account and give them permission to view

your blog

Can you please add me (rhall@edubuzz.org) and your mentors/coaches

Any Readers you add should appear in this window

Make sure you click on Save Changes

Invitations have now been sent to your potential Readers. You can view the status of these here.

Now select ‘Other’ in the settings menu.

We are going to import a template blog so that you all have some basic info.

To Import the template click Choose file and go to:

Subjects:\CDT\Pupils\Blogger and select RHS Blog template

Type in the two words/ numbers it asks for and click Import Blog

You will now have a post on your site reminding you to use labels to categorise your posts with some examples

of tags.

If you click on ‘View blog’it should now look something like this!

Close this Tab to return to your dashboard.

Click here to write a post.

This window will open and is where you add the content of your post.

Write the title of your post here. Add Labels here.

Add the content of your post here.

You can manage your posts within the dashboard for your blog.

Any Questions?

Its now up to you to keep the blog up to date!!

You can use this account to contact me through email rhall@edubuzz.org

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