Creating a Blog Topic
To access the Discussions tool, select the Build tab, and under Course Tools select Discussions.
To create a discussion topic, click on Create Topic.
To create a blog topic, select Blog topic. Click Next.
Enter a Title and Description for the blog. If you wish, you may use HTML in your description. You can either enter HTML code directly into the description by checking the box "Use HTML" and imputing your code. Or, if you are not familiar with HTML, you can use the HTML Creator, which provides you with a user friendly interface for creating HTML-ready text.
To make the blog visible to students, select Show Item. If you want to wait and make the blog visible to students at a later time, select Hide Item.
Discussion topics can be organized into categories. Please see Creating Discussion Categories to learn how to create categories.
You can select whether or not you want the blog to be gradable. For gradable blogs, you have three options. You can grade the blog numerically, alphanumerically, or by using a Grading Form.
For gradable blogs, a column is automatically created for the blog in the grade book. You have the option to change the title of the blog in the grade book, or leave it as is.
If you want students to see their grades, select Release grade to Students in My Grades.
To associate Goals with the blog, click Select Goals.
To allow students the ability to peer review, select the Peer Review expand/collapse button. You have the option of allowing students to review blogs using a Simple Rating Scale or a Grading Form.
To change the rules for student posting and author identification, select the Topic Behavior Options expand/collapse button.
Editing a Blog Topic
Once you have created a blog, select the dropdown arrow next to the blog if you want to: edit the blog, hide the blog, view links to the blog, select release criteria for the blog, or delete the blog.
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