Tech Blogs
I sent this out to the Liaison distribution list a few days back, but I thought that I would post it here as well.
We are working on getting the default settings the way that they should be for all blogs, but until we do, there are a few really important settings that need to be changed before anyone can submit a comment or question on a blog. We went over some of this at the May meeting when we first started working on the tech blogs, but many people were no at that meeting, so I wanted to make sure that you all got this info. Also many of you are now working on your own classroom blog page that will need these settings. So here is the deal.
1. Login to your blog
2. Click on the Options tab
3. Click on the Discussion tab that appears in the second row after you click on options.
4. There are a few different options on this page. The critical ones that will ensure that students and parents can post comments, but that the comments must first be approved by you are shown in this picture. If both boxes are checked in the e-mail me whenever section, you will receive two e-mails whenever someone posts a comment. So only check one. In the Before comment appears section, you will want the first one checked and the other two unchecked, this way anyone can submit a comment or question, but they must be approved by you before it goes on the web.
Let me know if you need any help with this. Thanks. -Dan