After a TAG meeting yesterday, it was determined that the blog pilot should be reopened. This is good news for any of you who are interested in trying out blogging at Plymouth State University. Simply click here to create your blog.

At the moment the signup process is not as smooth as we would like it. When you click the link it will ask you to authenticate with myPlymouth. After you do this, your blog will be created and then you will be redirected to the login page for the blog server (sorry no single sign-on yet). Once you’ve logged in here with your regular username and password you are ready to start blogging.

Keep in mind, this is a pilot project so you may experience some bugs or difficulty. Please report any problems you are having to the Help Desk and they should be able to provide limited support. Remember, this is a pilot project, we are all still learning!

The blog pilot project, previously referred to as alpha testing, has been capped to only include the currently existing blogs and users. This means if you want a Plymouth State blog… you’ll have to wait…

We are now determining the best course of action moving forward. Does this mean PSU will never have blogs? Absolutely not! Many people are working now to determine policy and support structure around blogs. There is the possibility that research will determine blogs to be more trouble than they are worth, but we think this is the unlikely edge case.

Over the course of this fall semester, blogging is intended to be a high priority topic for TAG. Out of these discussions, a clear direction for blogging will be established. If you want your input heard on this, let someone know. Good people to talk to include: your favorite IT person, the help desk, a faculty member, a friendly staff member, or leave a comment,. The person you talk to may not have influence on the process, but they can pass your words along to the right places.

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