The grade seven blog template is basically done. I had all the grade seven students add themselves to the blog so I could create link lists. This part of the process should be automated as some of the students had difficulty
adding their blog URL and name correctly to the sidebar widget. If the ICT office can use Powerschool to create an OPML file that can then be imported into the template blog everything will work a lot better.
So the basic steps I used to create the template was to:
- create a number of menus one for each grade level from grade 4-8
- create a series of tags using teacher name followed by grad year.
- create categories by subject
- add all the students to the blog link list
- create advisory based link categories
Next week I will have each of the grade seven classes go to the template blog and download the xml file I have added then import the link roll into their blog. Then in the second semester it will be time to try it all out.
