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Using a personal blog

A personal blog is a public web space that you can use for keeping a journal of your ideas and thoughts, or to record your comments on themes or particular subjects and share them with others.

If you'd like to know more about how blogs work, watch this Common Craft movie.

How to start

In the tools section on the side of your StudentHome page is a link to set up your own blog.

No-one will be able to see your posts until you do two things.

  1. Change 'who can read this' when you create your post - the default is private.
  2. Send them the link.

Getting help

See the Computing Guide for instructions on using a blog .

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