- In the post editor. Basic word processing tools.
- Adding a link
- Highlight the desired text
- Click Link
- Add the desired address
Adding images and captions
- Add an image
- Click the Image icon
- Select the location of image
- Select the image
- After seeing the preview, click upload
- Once an image is added, click on it.
- Change left/center/right justified
- Change size to small/medium/large
- Add a caption
Embedding - Stuff to Embed
- YouTube.com: Click Share, then Embed
- Prezi.com: Click Embed button below the prezi
- edu.Glogster.com: Click Embed into your page, located in the box below the glog
- Google Street View:
- Go to Google Maps
- Enter the address
- Drag the little orange dude onto the correct street
- Move to the correct view
- Click the gear icon in the lower, right corner
- Select Share or embed image
- Select Embed
- Google Forms in Google Drive:
- Go to completed form
- Select Form in the menu bar
- Select Embed form in a webpage...
- Various online tools, charts, graphs, etc.: Look for a share or embed button
Embedding - How to embed
- After locating the embed code, copy the code
- Go to your Blogger post
- Click on the HTML button above the post editor
- Locate the place in the post to embed the content (I like to put a bunch of extra blank lines in the post to make it easier to find. They can be deleted later.)
- Paste the code you copied
- Return to Compose
- Reformat as needed
More Examples
- Enabling comments on your blog
- Go to Blogger.com and select your blog
- On the left, select Settings
- Select Posts and comments
- Several settings can be changed. Especially important are:
- Who can comment?
- Comment moderation
- Classroom newsletter: 1.) Hard Copy 2.) Email Notifications 3.) Website/Blog
- Here's how I did it.
- Anytime I thought of something that parents needed to know, I posted it to the blog.
- On Fridays, I copied all the posts since the last Friday and pasted them into a new document.
- I formatted a few things, printed, and sent it home.
- Classroom newsletter: Email notifications of blog posts
- Go to Blogger.com and select your blog
- On the left, select Settings
- Select Mobile and email
- Up to 10 email addresses can be added to have new posts automatically emailed to them. If you have more addresses, a Google Group can be created. The Group's email address can then be added. New posts go to the Google Group and then to group members.
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