Blackboard Learn™ Instructor Guide for Release 9.1

Creating a Blog
Instructors can create a Blog for use by students in their course.
How to Create a Blog
1. Open a course.
2. Click Edit Mode ON.
3. Click Course Tools from the Tools area.
4. Click Blogs.
5. Click Create Blog.
6. Type a Name for the Blog.
7. Type any specific Instructions in the text box.
8. Click Yes to make the Blog available to users.
9. Use the Display After and Display Until date and time fields to Limit Availability of the
Blog. Click both the Display After and Display Until check boxes in order to enable the
date and time selections.
10. Determine the Blog Participation by clicking Individual to All Students or Course .
11. Click the Allow Anonymous Comments check box.
12. Choose between Monthly or Weekly index entries.
13. Click the check box to Allow Users to Edit and Delete Entries.
14. Click the check box to Allow Users to Delete Comments.
15. Select the Grade option and enter the number of Points possible.
16. Click Submit.
See Also
About Blogs
Creating Blog Posts
Creating Blog Comments
Editing and Managing Blogs
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