Creating effective business presentations/Learning Journal



Word processing document learning journal

Using a word processing document is an easy way to create a learning journal unless you are familiar with blogging. Note that the following file formats are acceptable:
 * Word (.doc or .docx)
 * Open Office (.otd)
 * Google docs
 * Rich Text Format (.rtf) most word-processors can save a file in this format
 * Portable Document Format (.pdf) most word-processors can save a file in this format

You will need to send (or share if you use Google docs) the learning journal file with others.

Blog learning journal

You may also wish to publish your work openly for others to see and comment on. Blogs (web logs) are particularly useful for this purpose. You may wish to look at this resource on how to use a blog. You can use any blog which has the capabilities to tag or label posts for your learning journal. Many OERu learners use Wordpress or Blogger. If you would like to use an existing blog you own, we will harvest posts which are tagged or labelled using the course tag. However, you may prefer to set up a new dedicated learning journal blog for the three micro courses in the CCOM 100 series.

Your blog posts for this course do not have to be visible to the world (unless you want them to be). Here's how you control their visibility in Wordpress and Blogger (look half way down the page).

Hosting your own learning journal blog

If you have your own web hosting, you are welcome to set up your own learning journal blog. Here is an overview of the steps to set up your own learning journal blog:  {|class="oeru1" !Actions !Additional resources Tips:
 * Create a blog account
 * Create account on Wordpress.com or
 * Create account on Blogger.com
 * Configure your blog
 * Customise preferences (including settings for comments) and personalise the layout of your blog:
 * Help resources for Blogger
 * Help resources for Wordpress
 * Register your blog url
 * If you wish to share your learning journal blog with fellow learners, register your blog url on the course site by clicking on the user icon () in the site menu and filling out the url for your course blog.
 * Help resources for Wordpress
 * Register your blog url
 * If you wish to share your learning journal blog with fellow learners, register your blog url on the course site by clicking on the user icon () in the site menu and filling out the url for your course blog.
 * If you wish to share your learning journal blog with fellow learners, register your blog url on the course site by clicking on the user icon () in the site menu and filling out the url for your course blog.
 * Be sure to submit the url for the published view of your blog post and not the url used for editing.
 * Remember to tag or label your post using the course tag. The course tag for this course is #.