Use a blog whenever you want to post articles on a regular basis for the world to see. The blog allows you to easily create these articles‚ and automatically indexes these articles by date and categories. Some example uses include:

• Providing articles and links to useful resources for people interested in a specific topic. For example‚ see Rick Schwier's Rick’s Café Canadien blog for Educational Technology.
• Documenting trips‚ holidays‚ conferences‚ etc. For example‚ look at Kevin Lowey's WebCT Conference blog.
• Keeping family and friends up to date on what’s happening in your life. For an example‚ see Epiphanies with Tiffany.
• Posting announcements to supplement an existing website. For example‚ see the Campus Computer Store blog.
• Producing content that‚ using "rss" files‚ can be included in the PAWS portal‚ BBLearn Courses‚ or other websites. For example‚ see how the Campus Computer Store has included their blog entries onto their main website.
• Publishing news announcements and press releases. For example‚ see The Update and U of S News Releases.

Use Blogs in U of S Course Tools/BBLearn 9/PAWS

You can use blogs in the U of S Course Tools/Blackboard. The easiest way to use blogs from these tools is to use the External (URL) Link  tool (available from the Build Content button within your course) to add a link to the blog.

Another alternative is to use RSS files generated by your blog or others to add the blog headlines to the course.  You can do this within BBLearn using the RSS Feed tool, available from the Add Interactive Tool button within your Content Area