Integrating Blogs with Course Content

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Integrating Blogs with Course Content

• Steven Alan Carr, PhD
• Associate Professor of Communication and Director
  of Graduate Studies

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Blog Integration Steps

• Create blog site (wordpress.com)
• comgrad.wordpress.com
• com507.wordpress.com
• Edit WebCT header for course
• Create RSS feed to use with WebCT Announcements
  tool
• Edit multiple blogs with Scribefire (Firefox
  extension)

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Integrating a Blog into WebCT

• Build Tab Edit Header
• Copy and paste this code. It will create a
  frame within your WebCt page.

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Create RSS feed for Announcements

• www.rss-to-javascript.com
• Create announcement in WebCT
• Copy code into announcement textbox and publish

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Edit Multiple Blogs

• Firefox extension Scribefire
• Write, edit, and reuse blog posts
• scribefire.com