KAMERON WILLIAMS 1

FRIT 7233

Kidblog
Task Analysis: Opening an account with Kidblog and setting up a new
class.
1. Open web browser (I will be using Safari)
2. Type URL into browser (www.kidblog.org)
3. Click on Sign up for Free under the heading Teachers.
4. Type in a Display Name.
5. Type in a unique password.
6. Type in your email address.
7. Type in a Class Name.s
8. Type in the verification code.
9. Click on Create Class.
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Click on New Post.

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Enter Title and text.

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Click Save Draft and then Preview Draft.

13.

Demonstrate ability to Publish at a later date, but leave on Publish

Immediately.
14.

Click Publish. (This takes you to the Blog View.)

15.

Click Control Panel to return to the Dashboard.

16.

Click privacy settings.

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Under Who may read posts?, click Users in the following class(es) and

check the name of the class you have just created.

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Under Post Approval, click Admin/Teacher/Moderator must approve

posts before they appear.

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Under Notify these usersclick your user name and email.

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Tags can be managed at a later date if desired, and I choose to leave

the Class Activity Feed in List View.

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Under Media Uploads, click whether or not you allow students to insert

media items from teachers' upload library.

22.

Click Save Changes.

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23.

Click add students. (Reiterate that this is also accessed via clicking

Users then Add New Users.)

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Type in a display name and password, and choose role (student) from

the drop down list.

25.

Click Add New User. A yellow bar highlights with the text, New user

added. (You will do this for every student. Note that there is a Bulk-Create
Users option that is not being covered in this tutorial.)
26.

Click All Users and you will see all students you have added to the

blog.
27.

Click on Settings.

28.

Under settings, you can change your blog theme and choose a class

avatar.
29.

Click View Other Themes, then return.

30.

Click Choose Class Avatar, then Choose from Our Collection. Click on

an image and then click save avatar.

31.

Click Save Changes before exiting the page.

32.

Click Log Out. This takes you to the login screen for the class.

33.

Bookmark this page so students can easily access it.

34.

Demonstrate logging in as a studentSelect Username.

35.

Type in password.

36.

You are taken to the students dashboard, which looks similar to the

teachers. Under Profile, they can change their avatar and personalize their
blog name.
37.

Click Go To Class Blogs in upper right corner.

38.

This is the blog view. From here students can view their classmates

blogs, their own blog, or write a new blog post.

39.

Script:

Scroll down to show the blog directory.

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Action on Screen
Title screen with text
Video introduction

Fade out to desktop view.

Open Safari browser.

Click on the URL Bar

Click on Sign up for

Free

Type in a display
name, password,
email address, and
class name.

Type in the verification

code and click Create
Class.

Dashboard view on Kidblog

website.
Click New Post

Narration
Musical jingle

KAMERON WILLIAMS 3
Hello, my name is Mrs. Williams and I will be
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sharing a tutorial on how to open and set up an
account with Kidblog. Lets get started!
Kidblog is a website that offers a free safe and
secure blogging platform for teachers and
students. To access Kidblog, we must first open an
internet browser. I will be using Safari for this
tutorial.
Next, click on the URL, or address, bar and type in
www.kidblog.org.
Now, I will show you how to open a new account.
Click on Sign up for Free under the heading
Teachers.
First, decide what you want your display name to
be. This is how your students will see you on the
blog. I am going to use the name Mrs. Williams.
Next, choose a password for your personal account.
This is not the password that will be used by
students. Next, type in the email address you want
associated with your account. Finally, type in a class
name for your blog. My class blog is going to be
Mrs. Williams Wild Things.
Alright, now we just need to type in the verification
code and click Create Class.
We have now created a new Kidblog account! Right
now, we are looking at the Kidblog Dashboard.
Here you see a welcome message. I am going to
follow Kidblogs recommendation and start by
creating a new post. First, click on New Post.
This is going to be a very brief post! Ill title it, Hello
from Mrs. Williams! In the body of the post, I will
type a quick message to
my students. Hello everyone! Welcome to our class
blog.
Make sure you save your post. If you want to start a
post and return to it later, it will be saved under
drafts. If you would like to preview a post to see
how it will appear on your blog, click preview blog.
You can also choose to publish your post at a later
date. This would be useful if you use Kidblog to
create future assignments for your students. Im
going to publish this post immediately.

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Enter title and text

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Click Save Draft and the

Preview Draft.

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Click Publish at a later

date.

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Click Publish.

Click Publish. This takes you to the Blog View where

you can see how the blog will appear to your students.

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Click Control Panel

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Click Privacy Settings.

Under Who may read
posts?, click Users in the
following class(es) and
check the name of the
class you have just

Clicking control panel will take us back to our

Dashboard.
Next, lets review our privacy settings and
personalize them a bit. Your choices may very well
be different than mine. To start off, I only want the

students in my class to be able to read posts. At a later

date, I may choose to invite parents or even our
administration. Next, I think it is a wise choice to