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Welcome Sites Site Search Search for: Welcome to iblog.iup.edu Getting Started with iBlog Accessing iBlog To create and manage blogs, faculty, staff, and students must login with their IUP network account username and password at iblog.iup.edu . Blog Types Personal Blogs Personal blogs can be created by IUP students and employees. The webpage address (URL) of the personal blogs are in the form of iblog.iup.edu/ username (e.g iblog.iup.edu/jdoe). Additional personal blogs can be requested at ihelp.iup.edu . Be sure to include the desired title and web address of your blog. (e.g. iblog.iup.edu/jdoe-newblog) Group Blogs A group blog is a place available to IUP employees and students to publish and discuss topics important to their departments or organizations. To create a group blog, please log a request at ihelp.iup.edu . Be sure to include the desired title and web address of your blog, as well as the names of any blog administrators. Remember before a user can be assigned a blog role, they must log in to iblog first in order to provision an account . Please note: If you are creating a group blog, the blog name must be at least nine (9) characters in length. Group blog webpage addresses are in the form of iblog.iup.edu/ groupblogname (e.g. iblog.iup.edu/itservices). Blog Roles There are five different blog roles: administrator, editor, author, contributor, and subscriber. A detailed explanation of each role can be found in the edublog users guide . Remember before a user can be assigned a blog role, they must log in to iblog first in order to provision an account . Steps for Creating a Blog Post Step 1: Setting up your blog Step 2: Setting Up Pages Step 3: Publish your first posts Step 4: Connecting with others Step 5: Working with Widgets Step 6: Inserting images, pictures and photos into a post and page Step 7: Cool tools to embed Step 8: All about video Migrating Existing Blogs For a step-by-step guide to importing other blogs, into iblog check out the document, Importing Your Content from Another Blog . User Guide Edublogs has published a detailed user guide as well as various tutorials and guides to document features of this blog service. You can access this documentation at help.edublogs.org . Edublogs HelpSupport Edublogs Campus The Edublogger Edublogs.org © Indiana University of Pennsylvania - Powered by WordPress and WP Attorney Welcome Sites Site Search Skip to toolbar Log In...