A big part of the Media Studies course is your blog. It’s the place where you record your learning in Media Studies and is worth 20% of your overall A level grade!
- It is expected that you post to your blog when instructed by your teacher.
- You should blog about work you’ve done as part of your independent study.
- You should be spending approx 2-3 hours every week maintaining and updating your blog.
- We run a drop in during lunch every Friday to help you with your blog.
Starting your blog.
Right click here and ‘Open in new tab’. http://blogs.grammar.sch.gg/
1) Click on ‘Get a Blog’
- Your username should be your name all lower case, no spaces e.g. ‘edgregson’
- You must use your school e.mail account, e.g. ’83gregsone01@web.grammar.sch.gg’
- Get it to ‘Give you a Site’
2) Then you will be asked to give your site a name.
- Your sites’s name should be formal e.g. Ed Gregson – Media Blog
- Select ‘Search Engine Blocked’
- Prove you’re not a robot.
3) You will then have to check your school email
You should get an email which looks like this.
- You should follow the activation link.
The link should take you to a web page, which looks like this.
4) Login
You should now receive a second e.mail with your username and password, which you should use to log in to your blog, using the link in the email:
- Login (using the username & password provided).
- Change your password in the dashboard – users>profile
- Update your profile
5) Join the Class Blog
- Click on the ‘My Class’ button in the top left corner, just below the Edublogs logo.
- Click search for a class and search ‘mediastudies2123’
- Send a request to join
- Once your teacher has confirmed your membership a link to your blog will appear in the margin of the Media Studies, which your teachers and the examiner will use to access your blog.
Choose theme that scrolls down and doesn’t require the reader to open and close posts.
6) Setting up your blog home page and menu items – now follow the paper instructions or below.
Please use this document to format your blog.
7) Add a link to your blog against your name in the Blog League
Link to the blog league (see menu above)
8) Add the Media Studies Class blog to your favourite toolbar in Chrome
Blogging Help
Before asking a teacher for help with any aspect of your blog that you are stuck on please use the Edublogs ‘Help and Support’ page. Its accessible through the Edublogs logo in the top left hand corner of the screen.