Blogs
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
- How do I request a blog?
- If I have questions about using a blog in my course, who can help me?
- Does a blog's access have to be open for everyone to read it?
- How hard is to use a blog?
- Can someone help me if I have questions after the blog is created?
1.How do I request a blog?
Complete LTS’s online Service Request form.
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2. If I have questions about using a blog in my course, who can help
me?
Complete LTS's online Service
Request form and a Learning Technology Services consultant will contact you.
You may also read Instructional
Blogging Best Practices & Case Studies to
learn how other faculty and instructors at the UA have used blogs with their
courses.
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3. Does a blog's access have to be open for everyone to read it?
We put code in the blog’s main template prevents it from being indexed
by Google and other search engines. That has been successful in keeping spammers
and other unwanted attention. We can also set the blog up so that before displaying
the blog’s homepage in a Web browser, you have to log in first through
the UA’s WebAuth authentication system.
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4. How hard is to use a blog?
Blogs are easy to use. To create a blog entry you only need to log in and
type the entry in a standard HTML form. You do not need to know any HTML.
When you save the entry, it is published to the blog. There are also illustrated
guides and Flash movies showing step-by-step instructions.
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5. Can someone help me if I have questions after the blog is created?
An LTS consultant will be glad to meet with you one-to-one to review how
to use the blog to its full capabilities. An LTS consultant is also available
to give your students an overview during a class meeting.
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