Creating a student blog

Hello and welcome back to Akins Photojournalism class.

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 One

· 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 Two

· In the blog title box, enter “first name’s Photojournalism Blog” (Ex: Matt’s Photojournalism 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:

For Mr. Doerr: 

akins.journalism@gmail.com

For Ms. Fleming:
laura.fleming-holcomb@austinisd.org

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.)