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 | ||
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| 1 | Search for your course in "Authoring", section "My entries," and open it. |  |
| 2 | Click on "Course editor" in the drop-down menu "Tools" in the toolbar. | |
| 3 | Select position at which your Blog course element should be inserted by clicking on it. | |
| 4 | Select "Blog" in the pop-up "Insert course elements" in the toolbar. | |
| 5 | Indicate a short title for your course element in the tab "Title and description" and save your settings. | |
| Step 2: Create Blog | ||
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| 1 | Click on "Select, create or import blog" in the tab "Blog learning content." |  |
| 2 | Click on "Create." | |
| 3 | Indicate the title of your blog and click on "Create". | |
| Step 3: Fill Blog with Content | ||
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| 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 | ||
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| 1 | Select "Publish" in the toolbar on top. |  |
| 2 | Check course element before clicking "Next." | |
| 3 | Select "All registered OpenOLAT 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.
