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November 20, 2009
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New Blog & Comment Approval Tool
It has become increasingly obvious that the e-mail notification scheme for Class Blogmeister has its problems. There continue to be issues with it consistency even for people who's network blocking software prevents the messages from coming through at all. Some time in the next few days or weeks, I will probably be shutting off the e-mail notification feature. In its place, you will have access to a web page that will list, with one mouse click, all of your student's blog entries that are waiting to be approved. With another mouse click, you will be able to see of of your students' blogs that have pending comments.
This page is already in place, and here are some instructions for using it.
Screening Blog Entries
- Login to your Class Blogmeister account so that you are in edit mode.
 You will see a new hyperlink just above the control tabs and to the right. It reads, "New Approval Tool". (see image to the right)
- A small web page will appear. It will list your classes, and with each class all of the students assigned to that class. Listed, as hyperlinks, with each
 students will be any blog entries that have been submitted for approval by the teacher.
Note: This page will only work if you are logged in as a teacher.
- To screen and approve a blog entry, click the title. (see image to the right)
- The next page will display the title of the blog and its text in text boxes(1). Here you can screen the texts and even make minor edits. An additional scrolling text box (2) is provided for wiring independent comments for the student. These comments will be available only to the student.
- Click the Approve checkbox to publish the article. To make the article available from the front page of Class Blogmeister, click the Feature on Front Page checkbox (3). Then click SUBMIT ARTICLE (4).
Screen Comments
- To list pending comments, click the round radio button next to Comments. If the list does not appear automatically, click the go button.
- Again, you will see all of your classes, and the students in each class. If there is a comment pending on any of the students' blog entries, the title of the blog will appear next to the student's name. If there are multiple comments pending, then the article title will be listed more than one times.
- To review a comment, click the title of the blog entry. (see image below)
- The following page will display the comment in question with its author's name, e-mail address, and web URL, if given. Beneath the comment, you can read the original blog entry that is being commented.
- Between the comment and the blog is the action line, where you can Approve, Hold, or Delete the comment.
- Approving the comment will cause it to be viewed by readers of the blog entry. Holding take no real action, other than returning you to the list of pending comments. Delete will permanently remove the comment from Class Blogmeister, after you confirm your intent.
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