A Blog can be administered and accessed from any location where there is internet access.

Provides for communication between home and school.

Easily administered.

•Classroom information•Daily homework assignments

•Student surveys•Parent surveys

•Classroom announcements•Much, much more

Title Area

Daily Postings

Links

ArchiveSearch

PostingCategories

Pages

quicklyand easilypost blog entries.

*Postings are arranged

by most current date.

allow for moderated

usercomments.

insertcategoryheadings

and arrangepostings

accordingly.

add andcategorizeexternal links to various

web sites.

create webpages for

user viewing that remain formatted

to their specifications.

post (upload)pictures

anddocuments.

login as theadministratorto manage all

features ofthe Blog.

Usernameadmin

PasswordKeep thisprivate.

Use themenu linksto managethe Blog.

Don’t forgetto logout

once updatesare complete.

Place title here.

Choose a category.

Quicktags allow for formatting of text, pics, etc.

Publish to theBlog.

Type the entry.

Optional

Allow for Moderatedcomments

Use of PostPassword*Requires userto enter a passwordbefore viewing.

*Do not allow pings.

Place title here.

Quicktags allow for formatting of text, pics, etc.

Publish to theBlog.

Type the entry.

Optional

Allow for Moderatedcomments

Use of PostPassword*Requires userto enter a passwordbefore commenting.

*Do not allow pings.

Use this pageto view, edit

and delete posts.

Use this pageto view, edit

and delete pages.

Use this pageto add, editand delete

entrycategories.

Use this pageto view, editand delete

user comments.

Use this pageto moderate

user comments.

Use this pageto edit

and deleteweb links.

Use this pageto add

web links.

Use this pageto add

web linkcategories.

Use this page to change the title

and tagline of the Blog.

*DO NOT change the WordPress

address orBlog address.

This is useful if only allowing specific users to comment.

This page is used to set up

comment features.

Comments mustbe approved.Next two are

optional.

Choose e-mailoptions here.

Leave theseoptions turned off.

This page is used to set upBlog themes.

This page is used to set upthe admin’s(teacher’s)

profile.

This page is used to set up

Blog useraccounts.

This feature would be especially useful if only allowingstudents or parents to comment on selected entries.

All Blogadministratorsmust attend a

one hourworkshopand sign a Blog form.

*Blogs willbe monitored.

•Teacher’s name and location must be in title or tagline.

•Password must be kept private.•Information must be kept current.•Upload settings must remain as set by district

admin.•All entries, uploads, links, pages, etc. must

relate to education.•Comments on an individual entry must be

moderated prior to posting on Blog.•Students are not permitted access to the admin

portion of the Blogs.

Standards may be updated as the Harrison County Blogs become active.

http://www.harrison.k12.ky.us/virtual/location/lastname/*Locations: east, north, south,

west, middle, high, cec, co

A link to each teacher’s Blog will be added to the Harrison County District Web Site.

UpcomingFeatures

•Adding pics•Adding docs

•HTML coding•New themes

•Attend a one hour workshop to gain access to a Harrison County Blog.

•Sign the Blog agreement form. This form willinclude the username and password.

•Begin working on the Blog by adding atitle, adding a tagline, setting upcategories, entering links, setting uppages and posting Blog entries.

•E-mail questions/concerns to mshepard@harrison.k12.ky.us.

•Watch for Blog updates and added features(These will be sent as teachers becomefamiliar with the basic features and useof the Blog.)

Melissa Shepard

District Blog Administrator