Because I teach two sections of the same reading class, I set up two different blogs. It gave each class a fresh place to begin each day, and it was super easy to copy and paste the discussion questions.
Explore your settings. I opted not to have the blog available to search engines, but I wanted anonymous posts to be allowed (so that I didn't have to mess with logins. I also chose to have email notification when comments were added, which was an easy way of seeing if someone was commenting at home.
Formatting can become a hassle. At first, I was okay with student's slightly formatting their responses - but it quickly became obnoxious to read the multicolored myriad of bold and italicized fonts. You may want to nix it immediately.
Settings > Comments
- Who can comment?
Anyone - Your students can post comments and just sign their first name. No account set-up is required.
Only Members of This Blog - You can create Gmail accounts for each each student, using pseudonyms, and have them log in to post. With this set-up, - Show word verification for comments?
Yes - Prevents non-humans from posting comments to the blog.
- Blog Readers
Anybody - allows students to post without creating accounts.
If you want to keep your blog from being found by search engines, follow these steps:
- Add your blog to our listings? - No.
- Let search engines find your blog? - No.
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