Did you know? Blog admins can set up new user accounts

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May 142010
 

Have got someone interested in contributing to your blog?  You can now make it really easy for them to get involved.

Just go to the Users menu, and click Add New. You’ll be asked to provide:

  •  a username for them
  • their email address (must be @elcschool.org.uk, @eastlothian.gov.uk, @edubuzz.org or @elcglow.org.uk)
  • the role you’d like them to have (Admin, Editor, Author etc)

WordPress will set up their account, give them the access they need, and send them login details. Sorted!

If you need a login for a parent or colleague with a different email address, please contact support@edubuzz.org.

Free “Directory of Open Access Journals” has over 5000 journals

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May 112010
 

Click logo to visit the Directory

The Directory of Open Access Journals (http://www.doaj.org/) offers free, full text, quality controlled scientific and scholarly journals in a wide range of subjects.

At a time of increasing pressure on school budgets, it’s good to hear that the directory has now reached the milestone of 5000 journals in  all subjects and languages.

Some possible uses in school include:

  • staff research and professional development : you can browse 340 Education Journals here, for example
  • making learning relevant: connections can be made with current real-world issues
  • student research: especially in fast-moving subjects
  • career guidance: journals are a good way to find out about possible future study subjects

Making child-friendly surveys with Edubuzz Limesurvey

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May 062010
 
Meal Survey start page

Meal survey start page with graphics

The Edubuzz Limesurvey system is currently being used for a colourful survey of meal preferences amongst some East Lothian primary schools.

Most of the surveys done to date have just used the default appearance, and text questions, but this example by Elaine Mitchell of Facilities Management Services shows how a survey can be made much more attractive with the addition of some colourful graphics.

Apart from brightening up surveys, images can also be added to questions themselves, and questions asked about them.

Need your post noticed? Make it “Sticky”

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May 042010
 

“Sticky” posts solve the problem of important posts shuffling off down the page as new posts are published – when really you’d rather keep them up at the top.

To make a post Sticky, edit Visibility from the Publish menu, and check the “Stick this post to the front page” checkbox.