Blog

The blog tool lets you create a shared blog within your course. Learners can write posts, leave comments, and engage in structured writing activities.

Creating a Blog

1. Open the Blog tool from the course homepage (under the cog icon at the top)

2. Click New project

3. Enter a title and optional subtitle

4. Save

5. Decide when you want to make it available to students by clicking the Show (eye) icon

You can create multiple blogs within a single course (e.g., one per topic or one per group).

Writing Blog Posts

1. Open a blog

2. Click New post

3. Enter a title and write the post content using the rich-text editor

4. Save

Both teachers and learners (depending on permissions) can create posts.

Comments and Ratings

Readers can interact with blog posts through:

• Comments — Leave feedback or start a discussion under a post (comments can also be threaded as replies to other comments)

• Ratings — Rate posts to highlight the most valued contributions

• Attachments — Both posts and comments can carry file attachments

Blog Tasks

You can create tasks within a blog — specific writing assignments that learners must complete as blog posts. This is useful for:

• Reflective journals

• Weekly writing assignments

• Project update reports

Managing the Blog

As the teacher, you can:

• Edit or delete posts and comments (post deletion is restricted to the post author or to teachers)

• Toggle blog visibility to show or hide the blog from learners

• Define tasks — Add specific writing assignments learners are expected to complete as posts. Tasks can be color-coded for easier visual grouping.