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1) Linking glogs to the wiki 2) Providing access to the glog 3) Embedding? Private or Public? 4) Changing Student Names or Passwords on Glogs 5) Converting PDFs to usable image files (that you can put in your glogs) 6) Posting student work? Permissions and public or private? 7) What is What? What is a blog, glog, or wiki?

**How to link your class glogs to the wiki--see video below **

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=**So how can students and families have access to a glog?** =



When a student is logged into their dashboard and they have already saved their glog, on the dashboard, there should be a preview of their glog. Next to it will be a link and embed code. The embed code can be pasted into a web pages source code to upload it on your web page. (check with me or your TIS if you want help with this and there is also an embed code How to video on Parkway Digital linked here which shows you how to do this)

If students can't find this info on their dashboard, first try scrolling all the way down with the bar on the right. If it is still not there, just have them publish the glog again-- this won't change it unless they make edits-- and they should see the links as part of the publishing process)

=**Embedding**=

If you embed your glog-- or any media-- on your website, it is no longer private; it becomes public.

** Names and Passwords (Glogs)**

On glogs, to change student name and passwords, __you need to be logged in as the student__ whose information you want to change. To change passwords, click e__dit your account settings__. Type in your old password and then the new password twice. Save.

While still logged in as the student, click on the Dashboard tab at the top. To change a student name, click __edit your profile__. Type in a new username and select male or female. Hit save.

HOWEVER, Glogster does NOT allow you to change the students SIGN IN name.
It only changes their nickname, so other kids can recognize the glog's author. Kids will still need to use that strange username to sign in. I recommend putting this information on an index card, along with the password so kids can easily access their account.

=Converting PDFs to image files=

(This could really be useful if you are scanning student work on a copier and sending it to your PC as a PDF. PDFs are great to share, but they don't always work with other programs)

Open your student paper or other document. Edit - à  Copy to clipboard.

Then open Powerpoint. <span style="font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">Paste your student work into PPT. <span style="font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">Right click and save as a .tif file—these are larger image files <span style="font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">but they work in glogster and have a better resolution-- <span style="font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">by changing the type of file at the bottom.

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">(Make sure to click file "save as type" <span style="font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">when changing the file name.)

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">Once it is an image file, you should have no problem <span style="font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">uploading it into your glog.

**Posting student work-- public or private**

Wikis are not private. (Everyone can view them unless you PAY for a private account) Embedding or linking ANYTHING makes it public.

If you need anything to be completely private, your best bet would be a password protected site, and this would generally be a blog (as far as our class is concerned).

Also, if your students' parents have filled out a 1005 Permission to Publish form and checked the box that it is ok to post student work, then they have given permission to post student work on web pages, wikis, and blogs.

=What are these tools? Wiki schmiki... Blog schmlog... Glog frog....=

Here's the short answer--

Blog-- Simple
Posts from a single user (teacher) with responding comments from members (students)

Blog-- Complex
Posts from multiple users (each student has their own blog) with responding comments from any member (All comments and posts can be password protected if desired)

Wikis
Shared collaborative space

Write docs and reports collaboratively, have archived discussions. Post links, docs, videos.

<span style="font-size: 1.1em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">**Glogs**
Multimedia poster online Can add favorite and send direct messages, but comments only show for the glog creator

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