This document provides guidance on setting up blogs and using multimedia features for blogging. It discusses the differences between websites and blogs, and recommends using free blogging platforms like Blogger or WordPress. It also outlines how to set up a WordPress blog, add content like text, images, audio and video. Additional tips include creating slideshows, linking multimedia, live streaming, polls and widgets. Finally, it briefly mentions setting up a newsroom-style WordPress blog on a university server.

1. Multimedia production Makerere University Kampala July 2011 Peter Verweij

2. Setting up blogs Difference between website and blogs Software website: Drupal or Jumbla Blog: blogger.com or wordpress.com Use free web service or install wordpress software on university server For individual production: web service For class production: install

3. Set up Wordpress User name and login Choose a blog name Choose a template Explore the dashboard Start publishing

4. Blogging Headline and simple text Make links Add pictures audio and video using embedded links from picasa, youtube and audioboo Use more tag Pay attention to writing for the web

5. Blogging 2 Making slideshows with picasa and vuvox and slideshare, windows photo story Eu enlargement Test to pictures/video: Wember's scissors Edit pics with picasa or photoshop Shoot video/audio and edit using moviemaker audacity Using maps add pics Link picture and sound Make a screencast: camstudio Make an audio recording, edit and upload

6. Blogging 3 Show live streaming with ustream Show live blogging with coveritlive Adding a poll to your blog Using widgets on your blog Make a mobile edition of your blog Ideas for mobile reporting

7. Setting up newsroom Wordpress blog on server Template and style book Roles: Editors, reporters, assignment editor, producer Deadlines and meetings Topics and news selection Decide each story: how multimedia