How to set up your Web Log or “Blog”

 

  1. If the group does not meet in person (for instance after class), please use e-mail or even one of the course chat rooms to decide who will create your web site or “Blog”.  The group should only open one Blog and then share the log-on information among you so that all can contribute entries.  There is no additional bonus for the group member who opens the Blog, but they have the satisfaction of now knowing how to create their own free web page—certainly a useful skill for our futures.  It’s quite simple to open the Blog and the Google website takes you right through the process.  Although each group will only open one Blog, I encourage you all to try this and see how easy it is—you can do it from any computer and you will have access to your blog from any on-line computer in the world.

 

  1. Go to www.google.com

·        Click on “more…”

·        Scroll down and click on “Blogger”

 

  1. The Blogger program will then guide you through setting up your own Blog site.  To set up your Blog, you will need to have decided on three things with your group:
    1. What logon and password will you use (for Blogger Step 1)?  I would strongly recommend using a name that starts with “Bio33” or “Bio34” and then follows with a key word from the health and well-being issue that your group is doing.  So a typical name would look like these:

Bio33arthritis

Bio34glucose

I would then use the same sequence as your password and you can also use this same word as your “Display Name” just to keep everything simple. 

    1. The Title of the Blog (for Blogger Step 2).  This is the title that appears at the top of your web page.  This might just be a description of the issue—for example “Glucose regulation and diabetes” or it might be a title that will tempt us to read the blog, such as “When should people with diabetes eat candy?”
    2. The “URL” that you want to use.  I would strongly suggest using the same sequence you use for step a. above).  This is the address that you type into your Browser to get to your Blog website.  You will also be able to get there by going back to Google and signing on through the “Blogger.”

 

  1. Once the Blog is created, please be sure that all group members know the long-in username and password for the blog—best to send these by e-mail to all members of the group as listed on the blog home page.    I would then like each group member to post one log, some sort of introduction to who you are and why you are interested in this topic.