Directions for Creating or Updating a Student Blog

New to Blogger?

If you do not have a Blogger account, that is the first thing you will need to set up to turn in your work for this class.

The first thing we want to do is check to see if you can access your old student blog if you previously took this class at Akins.

FOR MOST students:

If you can access your old blog, you simply need to change it's title. You can do this simply by clicking on "Settings" on the list of options on the left. Then you should click on "Title" and then change the name to something like "Amanda's Commercial Photo Blog."

Save your changes and then click on "View Blog" to see if the changes apply.

IMPORTANT: Copy the URL from the address bar and then paste into an e-mail that you send me. The e-mail should contain the following information:

The e-mail should be sent to: akins.journalism@gmail.com

Subject : My blog

Full Name: ____

Paste URL here: ______

User Name: ________

Password: _______ (Only provide this if you are setting up this account separate from your personal e-mail account and you are afraid you will forget this password. This would only be used in the event that you lose your password to your blog.)

FOR SOME: 

If you cannot access your old blog or if you transferred from another school, below are the directions on how to set up an account on blogger.

IMPORTANT: Because of a problem with Google, we will try to set up Blogger Accounts on mobile devices. If you did not bring a mobile device today, you can try to do it on a computer, but you might have to do it at home.

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This year we will be using Blogger to publish and post many of our assignments on the Internet.

To accomplish this we have to set up an account. Please follow the instructions carefully. It's important that you do each step correctly and that you remember all the vital information so you can get back to your blog later.

Here's how:

What you will need:

· Internet access

· An e-mail account (preferably Google Mail or Yahoo Mail)

First – Create a Blogger account

Open an Internet browser such as Safari.

· Go to http://www.blogger.com/

· Click on the orange “Sign Up” box at the top right of your screen. If you have a Google Mail account this will be really easy.

Step 1

• Enter your name
• Enter a display name – Do NOT use your full real name. To be safe, we will keep our blogs semi-anonymous
• Enter a password and WRITE IT DOWN
• Enter a cell phone number for verification 
• Enter the word verification
• Click on the “accept terms box, and hit continue·
• If there are any problems, they will show up in red.
• Fix the problems
•  Once your account is created, you will see an option at the top that says "Create a Blog."

Step 2

• In the blog title box, enter “first name’s Commercial Photo Blog” (Ex: Matt’s Commercial Photo Blog)
• In the (URL) box, enter the same thing as the title, but with no spaces or apostrophe (Ex: mattsphotojournalismblog)
• Hit “Check Availability”
• If it is available, hit continue. If it is not, select one of the suggestions, and then hit continue.
• Select a template and hit continue·
•  You did it!

Step 3

• Hit “Start Posting”
• Type “Welcome to my blog” in the post subject line, and click “Publish Now.”
• Click on “View Blog” to see the results.

IMPORTANT!!!

• Find the URL (web address) in the browser address bar.
• Select and copy the web address (URL) of your new blog (ex: mattsphotojournalismblog.blogspot.com)

Step 4

• Open your email account
• Send an email with the following info to: akins.journalism@gmail.com

• Subject : My blog
• Full Name: ____
• Paste URL here: ______
• User Name: ________
• Password: _______ (Only provide this if you are setting up this account separate from your personal e-mail account and you are afraid you will forget this password. This would only be used in the event that you lose your password to your blog.)