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Blog Tool in Online@UT
Why Blog? | How to Configure Course Blog | How to Create Student Blogs
Why Blog?
A blog page in your Online@UT course is an easy, familiar, and informal way for an instructor and students to communicate and publish their thoughts in a journal style. Blog entries may contain text, images,links and video.
Types of blogs
- Group blog: Blog entries can be viewed by a selected individuals or a group of students. The instructor can further specify the writing permissions for blog group members. The instructor also specifies whether non-members of the blog can view the blog content.
- Private Journal: In a private journal, blog members are unable to view each other's entries, but the instructor can view all entries in the blog.
How can students access blogs in a Online@UT course?
- Central course blog is located under course tools. Students select Course Tools > Blog Tool.
- Student blogs are located in a Content Area specified by the instructor (i.e. Course Documents, Assignments, etc.).
Some ideas for using blogs in Online@UT
- Instructor's blog: instructor posts regular announcements, additional thoughts that relate to class material, Online@UT, and class experiences. Students can comment, exchange opinions, and ask questions through comments.
- Class Discussions: an instructor posts a question, statement, or a video; and students build discussion around it.
- Project blog: class diary for students who work on a group project.
- Peer Editing blog: a group of students post their drafts on the group blog. Other members of the group provide their feedback through comments.
- Guest Speaker blog: a blog that brings an expert/experts to the online class for students to network and conference with.
- Student E-portfolio: Blog presents and organizes student work as a digital portfolio.
- Research Diary blog: a chronological report of a student on an individual research project.
Why Blog? | How to Configure Course Blog | How to Create Student Blogs