Blogging @ the LTC
Illustrated Guides explain how to use your blog. Click to download and read using your word processing software.
- Signing In to Your Blog
- Changing Your Initial Password
- Creating A Blog Entry
- Posting A Comment to an Entry
- Uploading to a Blog (Images and Other Types of Files)
- Managing Notifications
- Adding Accents Marks to Blog Entries and Comments
Movable Type Blogging Software
The LTC purchased a license for the campus to Six Apart's Movable Type publishing system. The initial installation was in sping 2003. LTC purchased a license for based on 3,000 concurrent users. MovableType's interface can be customized because it uses stylesheets. At the end of the semester, LTC staff archives all content and provide faculty with a CD-ROM containing HTML files of blog entries. Faculty and instructors who prefer to administer the site themselves can be assigned blog administrator privileges. Otherwise, LTC staff manages the site. Anyone publishing entries to a blog must be assigned authoring privileges within the blog by LTC staff. The student's name and UA email address is needed.
Mozilla Firefox Live Bookmarks:
Mozilla's Firefox browser has the capability to recognize a webpage that is pushing out an RSS feed, such as blogs and news sources. If you go to such a page, look for this image 
in the address bar. Watch a Flash movie on setting up Firefox Live Bookmarks. [3:17]
