1. • 1. SettingupyourMediaBlog STEP1:MakesureyouhaveyourVLEemailand
password. STEP2:Gotowww.blogger.comandcreateyourownBlog.Makesuretouse
your Springwoodemailaddress.Toenterallyourdetailsclickon“CreateABlog”.
STEP3:Enterallyourinformationandthenhitcontinue.Makesureyoumakea noteof
yourusernameandpassword.Yourreallydon’twanttoforgetthesethings.
• 2. Step4:Nameyourblogandurl,makesureyounameitusingsomethingthatwillbe easy
fortheExamBoardandmyselftoidentifyyou. Step5:Chooseatemplate,itisbestto
chooseonethatreallygoeswiththetheme orcoloursyouareplanningtouseinyour
production.Ifyouareunsureofwhatto chooseyoucanalwayschangethistemplatelater
on. STEP6:Startblogging!!Themaintabyouwillusehereis“Posting”.Thiswillallow
youtoputyourworkupandtellusalittlesomethingaboutit.Therearealsosome othertabs
foryoutoexperimentwith;Settings,Layout,andMonetise.Thisiswhere yougocrazy
andmakeyourblogyourown.
• 3. STEP7:Insertingyourassignmentsintoyourblog.Forthispartintheblogmaking you
aregoingtohavetosignupforanotherservice,onceyougetthehangofusingit, yourlifein
mediawillbecomemucheasier.Thesiteiswww.slideshare.netandclick on‘Signup’to
createanaccountforyourself.Thisisreallyimportantbecauseitwill allowyoutodirectly
pasteinyourpresentationsandyoutubevideoswithouthaving viewersnavigatetothe
externalsite. STEP8:Enterallyourinfoinhere,again,makesuretokeepanoteofwhat
your usernameandpasswordis.Youwillgetanotherscreenpopupformoredetails, you
don’tnecessarilyhavetoputyourfullnameupifyouarenotcomfortablewith that.Itasks
youforyourblog,itisOKtoputthatin.Makesureyouclickonthe legalagreementatthe
bottomandyou’rereadytopostyourworddocumentsand powerpointpresentations.
• 4. STEP9:Whenyouarecompletewiththepersonaldetailsascreenlikethisshould pop
up.Pressskipthisathebottomofthescreen. STEP10:Youwillthengetascreenlikethis
popup.Thisiswhereyoucanbeginto uploadyourfiles.Ifyouclickonbulkuploadyoucan
uploadasmanyfilesasyou wantatonce.Ifyoujustneedtouploadonefilegotosingle
upload.Theseoptions arefoundonthetoplightgreen/bluecolouredmenu. STEP11:
Uploadyourfile.Thisstepisverysimple,youcangiveadescriptionifyou likebutthisis
notnecessaryasyoushouldbegivingadescriptionofyourworkin yourblog.Makesureto
giveyourdocumentagoodtitlethough.
• 5. STEP12:Yourfileshoulduploadcompletelywithinaminuteortwodependingon
howlargeyourfilewas.Keeprefreshingyourpageuntilyougetalittlethumbnail ofyour
fileasseenbelow.Nowclickonyourfile. STEP13:Youwillnowbedirectedtoyourfile.
Hereyoumustcopythetextinthe embedboxwhichisfoundnearthetoprightofyourfile.If
youlookbelowatmine, itstarteswith“<div style="width:477px”.Youneedtoclickon
thisandthencopyit. STEP14:Gobacktoyourblogandcreateanewpostbasedonthefile
youjust uploaded.Clickonedithtmlinyourpostwindowandpastethat“embed”
informationin.Youcanthengobacktocompose.Underneaththefileyoucan writeina
descriptionofyourassignmentorcommentsonitoranythingthatwill givemeorthe
examinerinformationastowhythisdocumentisrelevant.
• 6. STEP15:PUBLISHPOST.Itisimportantyouclickonthisoryouwillloose
everythingyouhavejustworkedon.Thenclickon“ViewPost”andyou’llgettosee your
blogandpost!!! Gotoourhomepagewww.springwoodmedia.blogspot.comIwillbe

2. puttingupall ourhomeworkanddeadlineshere.Soifyouhappentolooseadocumentyou
will beabletofindithere.Also,ontheridesideofthescreenaddyourselfasafollower. I
needtogeteveryoneasafollowersoIcankeepacloseeyeonyourworkandgive you
feedbackonyourworkhere. Otherthingstokeepinmind: • Yourblogisn’tjustforyour
assignmentstobeputup.Youcan alsousethisasadiarytotrackyourprogressandto
comment onanychangesthatyouhavedecidedtomaketoyourproject. • Youcancreate
yourownheaderinyourblog.Ifyouwanttodo this,andIrecommendthatyoudo.Icangive
youaquick tutorialonthistogetyoustarted. • Makesureyouhaveaclearstylegoingonin
yourblog. • Don’tbeafraidtoexperiment,youmayfigureoutsomething cooltoshare
withtheclass. • YoucanalsoembedYouTubevideosjustlikethese documents,allyou
needtodoisfindyouruploadedvideoand copythe“embed”information.Anyvideosthat
Iuploadcan befoundathttp://www.youtube.com/user/springwoodmedia. • Itis
importanttoexperimentwithalltechnologyavailableto youasamediastudent.Themore
yougetcomfortablewith technologytheeasieritwillbeforyouinthefuture.