Every student and member of staff has access to Edublogs (MyPad), a customised installation of the platform Wordpress.
https://mypad.northampton.ac.uk
Login with your usual University /NILE login details.
Guides
Links to the Edublogs User guides can be found on the Welcome Page under the main image.
You can also view tutorials covering Wordpress on LinkedInLearning that will be relevant to creating content in Edublogs.
Plugins & Templates
Students and staff can use the pre-installed plugins and templates which are installed by the tool provider CampusPress, but can not manually add others.
Privacy
The privacy of all sites can be set in the 'reading' settings'; options to make each blog private, password protected and full public access are available.
Manage class blogs
Tutors can set up a 'Class blog' to set a deadline for an assessment, see this guide for more details.
Linking from NILE
Students and staff can share a URL link via NILE.
Students: journals, blogs or discussion boards or by submitting their URL to a submission.
Staff: content areas such as module activities, or added as a web link on the main navigation.