Creating password protected blogs

richard.kuhlenschmidt@famundo.com (Richard Kuhlenschmidt) — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 23:00:00 -0400

One of the most frequent questions we get about our new blog feature in Famundo for Organizations is if teachers can make their blogs password protected, so it is NOT visible to the general public. The answer to this is YES, just like everything else in Famundo, there are multiple levels of security.

Let me explain how this is done.

First thing you need to do it to add a Member Group. This will create a username and password that your students can use to log in to view your blog.

Go to Setup > Organization Settings > Members

Click on Add > Add New Group Member

Login Name: this is the username for logging in.

Name: give this group member a name.

Password: this is the password for logging in.

Confirm Password: confirm your password.

Click on Save

Now, you can proceed to create your blog, which only your newly created Members can view.

Click on the Blogs tab on the top banner.

Click on Add Blog (you can also create a new blog by clicking on Add Article)

Assign to: you can assign this to your school or any other user (this means if it is Edit Access = Private, only the Assigned to user can edit the blog)

Name: enter a name for your blog.

Edit Access: enter who you will allow to edit this blog.

View Access: All Staff and Members only (this will insure that the public will not be able to view this blog)

This blog will be viewable by those with Member credentials and above. The public will not be able to view it.

Your students can now visit your Famundo site, log in with the username and password you created above, and view your new blog.

KidsClick! search engine for kids!

richard.kuhlenschmidt@famundo.com (Richard Kuhlenschmidt) — Sun, 21 Jan 2007 17:36:44 -0500

Via BloggingBaby, there is another new search engine for kids, KidsClick.

KidsClick! was created by a group of librarians at the Ramapo Catskill Library System, as a logical step in addressing concerns about the role of public libraries in guiding their young users to valuable and age appropriate web sites. And, much like a library, KidsClick has categories to help find results on certain topics like Science and Math, The Arts, Society and Government. These categories allow you to focus in on your topic and get more relevant results. KidsClick! is ad free, but there is one one caveat

KidsClick! is not an Internet filter. It does not prevent client web browsers from being used to surf any URL address that the user inputs. It is intended to guide users to good sites; not block them from “bad” sites. However, it could be used in conjunction with a filter product where law allows filters to be used.

If your child is doing research for school, KidsClick is worth looking into.

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