Group Blog Instructions

Choose one member of your group to set up the blog.  S/he will follow these directions to create your group’s blog.

Go to  http://blogger.com/start
Choose Create your blog now.

Fill in the form to create an account using your e-mail address.
Attention : your user name can have no spaces.
 My user name is_________________(This is the name you’ll use to log in)
My password is _________________
My display name is _______________(This is the name that will appear after your posts and comments)
My e-mail is ________________

Click the box I accept the Terms of Service then click Continue.
Sign in with the user name and password you just chose.
Enter a title for your blog.
Our title is ______________
For the blog address use (the name of your blog) without any spaces.
Click continue.
Choose a template, click continue.
After your blog has been created, click Start Posting.
Give your post a name and write something in the paragraph box.
Click Publish Post, then click  View Blog to see your creation !
If you want to try other templates, now is the time to do it, before customizing your blog.  To look at other templates, click back on the page Your blog published successfully. 
Click Template at top of menu bar, then click Pick New.   Click Use This Template and click OK in the window that then pops up.  Then click Republish followed by View Blog in order to see the new template style.  Repeat the process if you’re not satisfied with this look.  After admiring your final blog which comes up in a new window, click back on the window that says Your blog published successfully.

Now you will customize the settings on your blog.
Click the tab Settings : choose NO for the question Add your blog to our listings ?  Leave everything else alone.  Click Save Settings.
Click on Formatting at top of bar ; choose the style of dates, time etc. that you prefer.  Choose YES for all the boxes with questions.  Click Save Settings.
Click Comments at top of bar : choose Anyone for the question Who Can Comment ?
Click Save Settings.
Click Archiving at the top bar : choose Weekly for Frequency.  Click Save Settings.
Click Members at the top bar : click  Add Team Members ; enter the e-mail addresses of the other members of your group. Also add my e-mail address :shackelford_s@cneschools.org

   Click Save Settings.

Now all members need to check their e-mail and accept the invitation to join the new blog.

Now the original creator of the blog needs to make all the members administrators so everyone can post and modify the blog.  After all members  have accepted their invitations, return to the tab Settings, click on members and choose all the little boxes next to everyone's name.  Voilà you're finished.  Now everyone can post to the blog.