Blogger_Blog+Page+Tutorial

=**Tutorial for Tools used in Authentic Assessment**= =** Blog **Page on** Blogger ** =

** What is ** Blogger ** ? **
==== This free web tool allows you to personalize an HTML page and begin “ blogging ” online. In essence, Blogger web tool is an online journal with preferences like private or public viewing, collaboration board with classmates or co-workers, sharing your life experience with friends and family, or as an e-portfolio for potential employers. ====

Blog ** Page Tutorial - The Purpose **
==== This tutorial will demonstrate how to create a blog in Blogger web tool. Additionally, the tutorial will explain how to setup a Google account, as Blogger is a Google application. Lastly, the tutorial will show the basics of how to type text and insert images on the blog page. ====

**What will you accomplish after this tutorial?**
==== To demonstrate your understanding of creating a blog, you will create a blog page in Blogger. For your first blog, you will write an autobiography that is 2 paragraphs in length and insert an image relevant to your autobiography. ====

=** Tutorial Handout Sheet: Step-by-Step Instructions **=

2. ** Create a Gmail account ** . (Existing Gmail account users just login)
(Image from Lynda Marshall’s Blog : New Blog, 2012)

3. **Name your Blog page**. ** ( ** Blog name is for public view). Next, click ** Continue ** button
(Image from Blogger .com, YouTube video, 2012)

4. ** Create your ** Blog ** . ** Type the title of your blog, address name, and select a template.Next, click Create Blog.
(Image from Lynda Marshall’s Blog: New Blog, 2012)

5. Type information you wish to share with others in the text box.
(Image from Blogger .com, YouTube video, 2012)

6. ** Insert Image. ** Click on **Image button** in textbox menu.
(Image from Blogger .com, __#|YouTube__ video, 2012)

7. Click **Publish Post** to complete your blog . [[image:Blog_step_7.png]]
(Image from Blogger .com, YouTube video, 2012)

8. This is an **example** of a Blog **page**.
(Image from Blogger .com, YouTube video tour, 2012)


 * Recap: How to create a Blog page on Blogger **

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Blogger Tutorial Video presented by Blogger on YouTube (2012). Note: The tutorial in this video is more detailed and consists of adding images to your Blog page.

** References **
Blogger .com. (2012). Lynda Marshall’s Blog. [Web Tool]. Retrieved from []

YouTube. (2012). How to Create a Blog on Blogger. [Web Video]. Blogger .com. Retrieve from []