Directions

Welcome! We will be using Blogger throughout the semester as a place to reflect on our writing, research, and inquiry, as well as to communicate with each other. Please set up your own Blogger Blog using the following guidelines:

• Keep in mind that Blogger works best w/ Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox; it doesn't much like Internet Explorer.
• Click on "Create Blog" at the top right of this page, and--IF you don't already have a Google account with Gmail, etc--create a Google Account. Typically Blogger doesn't accept my students' UNCC e-mail addresses, so you'll probably have to use a personal e-mail address to set up a Google account. You'll only need your e-mail address to sign in; I've never received e-mails from Blogger or Google, so there's no need to worry about junk mail, and I will never e-mail your personal account.
• As you're creating your account, please make sure your display name contains some version of your real name so that your classmates and I can identify you easily.
• Once you've made an account, you should be taken to your "Dashboard," the "home base" for Blogger. From here, you'll want to create ONE blog that you will use for the semester - click on "New Blog," a little gray button on the left-hand side of the page. Please note that once you have a Blogger account, you'll be able to make as many blogs as you want to, but you will create ONE blog for use in this class. This blog's title should be pertinent to this class (e.g. "Freshman Writing" would be a good title, whereas "Freshman Swag" would not be). Your URL can be whatever you'd like it to be; just keep it school appropriate.
• You may design your blog however you'd like to. Have fun with it! You'll find template options under the "More Options" drop-down arrow.
• Whenever you want to write a new post, you'll click on the orange "Create a New Post" button. It's that easy. (: I will post directions for each Blog Post assignment on this very page.
• You'll want to make sure your blog is public. Under "Settings," (another option under the "More Options" drop-down arrow), please allow your blog readers to be "Anybody."
• Lastly, please copy and paste your URL into your course section's forum on Moodle.The forums are listed in the top "block" on our Moodle page.

These directions should help you get started, but, as with any technology, you'll have to play around with Blogger to get used to it. Give yourself some time with it, then if you have questions, please ask.