Create and maintain a basic weblog/Set up on Blogger or Wordpress/Set up a blog on Blogger



In this activity we will do the initial set up of a Blogger blog

Objective
Set up a Blogger blog.

Activity
There are 3 simple steps to setting up a Blogger blog, but then there are many for getting the right look and feel, user settings, features turned on and things like that. We will just be doing the 3 simple steps for now, with more advanced set up covered later in the Manage Your Blog section.
 * Spend 2 minutes watching a video demonstration on Youtube.

1. Set up an account
 * Open your web browser and go to: http://www.blogger.com
 * Click on 'Take a quick tour' and read about blogs. Can you see how this tool could be useful?
 * Time to create your own blog, click 'Create your blog'
 * Enter your existing email address
 * Enter your preferred password for Blogger
 * Complete the rest of the page and REGISTER.

2. Set up a blog
 * Select a name for your blog. Something of professional or personal interest.
 * Select a template. Don’t worry to much about which one you use – you can change it later if you want.

3. Start posting
 * Your blog has been created, why not post something, click 'start posting', add a title and something about yourself in the message and hit 'Publish'
 * Your blog has been published successfully, have a look by clicking 'View blog'.

Finally
 * You now have yourveryown.blogspot.com address to publish to the internet.
 * Log-out of your blogger Account by choosing 'Sign Out'

Resources

 * http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bU4gXHkejMo - Video demonstration on Youtube
 * http://help.blogger.com/ - Blogger help
 * http://www.wikieducator.org/How_to_use_Blogger - How to use Blogger on Wikieducator