How do I use Blogs in Blackboard?
- Erin Warner
A blog is a personal online journal that is frequently updated and intended to share with others. Blackboard blogs are an alternative to public blogs - only enrolled users can view and create entries and comment in them.
Types of Blogs
Course blogs: You can create a course blog and choose the topic. All course members can add blog entries and comment on blog entries.
Individual blogs: Students can add entries only to their own blogs. All other course members can view and add comments to it.
Group blogs: If you enable the blogs tool for a group of users, they can perform these tasks:
Group members can add blog entries and make comments on blog entries, building upon one another.
All course members can view group blogs, but non-group members can only add comments.
Instructions
Create a tool link for the Blogs tool on the course menu or create a tool link in a content area, then create a blog topic:
Click Create New Blog.
Enter the name in the Create Blog form.
Enter instructions.
Make the blog available to students.
Add date/time restrictions and choose viewing options for your students.
Click Submit.