Four Steps to Your Blog

With the aid of the following guidelines you will create a blog for your course before adapting it according to your needs.

Step 1: Open course editor and insert blog course element
1 Search for your course in learning resources, section "My entries" and open it.
2 Click on "Course editor" in the toolbox "Course tools" on your right.
3 Select "Blog" in the toolbox "Insert course elements" on your right.
4 Select position at which you want your blog course element to be inserted and save your settings.
5 Indicate a short title for your course element in the tab "Title and description" and save your settings.
Step 2: Create Blog
1 Click on "Select, create or import blog" in the tab "Blog learning content."
2 Click on "Create."
3 Indicate title and description of your blog and save your settings.
4 Click on "Next."
Step 3: Fill Blog with Content
1 Click on "Edit."
2 If you want to add a picture to your blog header just click on "Edit blog" and upload pic.
3 Click on "Create your own entries."
4 Indicate title, description and content before clicking on "Publish."

Further entries can be added later on following the same pattern or directly within the course view.

Step 4: Publish and activate your course
1 Select "Publish" in the toolbox "Editor tools" on your right.
2 Click on course element before clicking "Next."
3 Select "All registered OLAT users" from the pull-down menu, section "Modify course access."
4 Click on "Finish."

Your blog is now embedded and course participants can read the first entry.