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    1. Using Murdoch Blogs TLC277 Kathryn Greenhill http://blogs.murdoch.edu.au/kathryngreenhill August 2008
    2. About you
    3. Outline
      • What are blogs?
      • Legal Terms and Conditions
      • Creative Commons and our blogs
      • What not to change
      • How to change the theme
      • How to upload a custom header image
      • How to change the sidebar
      • How to make a post
      • How to upload an image
      • How to embed media from elsewhere....
      • How to make a page
      • Decisions to make about your blog
    4. Preconceptions Blogs are Blather about ...
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    9. Blogs are also
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    11. Conference site
      • http://datamining.it.uts.edu.au/conferences/wi08/?page_id=17
    12.  
    13. Curriculum vitae
      • http://www.fionabradley.com/
    14.  
    15. e-book
      • http://castleofotranto.blogspot.com/
    16.  
    17. Instead of powerpoint
      • http://presentingblogs.wordpress.com/
    18.  
    19. Dictionary
      • http://moneyterms.co.uk/
    20.  
    21. 1. WHAT’S A BLOG ?
    22. What’s a blog ?
      • “ .... a website
      Wikipedia entry, Blog (Accessed 7 July 2008 - http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Blog&oldid=223455162 )
    23. What’s a blog ?
      • “ .... a website, usually maintained by an individual,
      Wikipedia entry, Blog (Accessed 7 July 2008 - http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Blog&oldid=223455162 )
    24. What’s a blog ?
      • “ .... a website, usually maintained by an individual, with regular entries of commentary, descriptions of events, or other material such as graphics or video.
      Wikipedia entry, Blog (Accessed 7 July 2008 - http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Blog&oldid=223455162 )
    25. What’s a blog ?
      • “ .... a website, usually maintained by an individual, with regular entries of commentary, descriptions of events, or other material such as graphics or video. Entries are commonly displayed in reverse chronological order.”
      Wikipedia entry, Blog (Accessed 7 July 2008 - http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Blog&oldid=223455162 )
    26. What’s a blog ?
      • “ .... a website
      Wikipedia entry, Blog (Accessed 7 July 2008 - http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Blog&oldid=223455162 )
    27. 1.2 ELEMENTS OF A TYPICAL BLOG
    28. A blog is not a series of web pages
    29. A blog is a database. Each post is a record.
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    33. Why do people blog in universities?
      • Online “home”
      • Clarify thoughts
      • See progress through time.
      • Connect
      • Communicate
      • Converse
      • Claim ideas first
      • Part of network effect
      • Human voice
    34. Blogging is often about
      • Reading
      • Commenting
      • Linking
      • Answering comments
      • Writing
      • Embedding from other sources
      • Communicating with other bloggers using other web media
    35. ...so blogging takes ...
    36.  
    37. Murdoch Blogs Pilot project
    38. http://blogs.murdoch.edu.au/yourblog
    39. Software
    40.  
    41. Legal Terms and Conditions
    42. Only post things you are have permission to.
    43. Creative Commons
    44. Why Creative Commons?
      • Sometimes you *want* your content to be remixed and reused
      • Your content will possibly be remixed and reused anyhow.
      • About sharing
      • About distribution
      • Image of CC
    45. Customising your blog
    46. You don’t *have* to change anything
    47. Start here ...
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    51. Customising your blog
      • What it does
      • Settings
      • Plugins
      • Users
    52.  
    53. Change the title and tagline
    54.  
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    56. Customising your blog
      • How it looks
      • Themes
      • Sidebar and widgets
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    59. Themes
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    65. Themes
      • Over 80 themes to choose from
    66. To activate a theme, just click on it.
    67.  
    68. Themes
      • Look different to each other
      • Display different information
    69. Features of Themes
    70. Customisable header images
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    74. Sidebar(s)
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    84. Widgets
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    90. Pages and posts
    91.  
    92. How to make a post
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    95.  
    96. Title
    97.  
    98. Wordprocessor style buttons
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    102. Add a link
    103.  
    104.  
    105. Format text from your clipboard
    106.  
    107. Use HTML
    108.  
    109. Other things you can do
    110. Categories and Tags
    111.  
    112. Save
    113.  
    114. Preview
    115.  
    116. Publish
    117.  
    118. Change publish date
    119.  
    120. Add an image
    121. Add an image
      • Make sure you are legally allowed to.
      • Look for Creative Commons
    122. Two ways
      • 1. Upload
      • 2. Link to a URL
    123. Upload an image from your computer
    124.  
    125.  
    126. Insert image from URL
    127. Insert an image from URL
      • 1. Find your image and copy its *location*
      • This is not the same as the URL in the address bar
    128.  
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    130. Right click on the image
    131. Firefox
    132.  
    133. Internet Explorer
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    138. Embed other media
    139. eg.YouTube.com
    140.  
    141. Copy the embed code
    142.  
    143. Write a post and open the HTML tab
    144.  
    145. Paste in the embed code
    146.  
    147. Save and the post will look like this:
    148.  
    149. To write a Page
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    152. Manage and Comments
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    154. Decisions to make about your blog
      • Define purpose
      • Define success
      • Time
      • Audience
      • Conversation
      • Comments
    155. Decisions to make about your blog
      • Voice
      • Image on header
      • Schedule
      • Name / tagline
      • Would you read your own blog?
      • Your privacy, others’ privacy
    156. Image credits
      • Jelly Sandwich Heart (Blood Sugar Low?) http://flickr.com/photos/fornal/363700193/ Uploaded on January 21, 2007 by Bob.Fornal
      • Baby red http://flickr.com/photos/fofurasfelinas/9357496/ Uploaded on April 14, 2005 by fofurasfelinas
      • tight curve http://flickr.com/photos/enigmatic/361525280/in/photostream/ Uploaded on January 18, 2007 by Bashed
      • XML is colorful http://flickr.com/photos/willpate/63813414/ Uploaded on November 16, 2005 by Will Pate
      • Great Flexibility ! http://flickr.com/photos/khalid-almasoud/474399662/ Uploaded on April 27, 2007 by khalid almasoud
      • Time Warp http://www.flickr.com/photos/kt/314372109/ Uploaded to Flickr on December 5, 2006 by The Rocketeer

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