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Adding pictures and videos to your blogs
September 7, 2010 - 9:29 am
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Blogs do not have to be made up of only text, you can also insert other content.
In common with many other blog systems, there is a size limit on images and other content of 2MB. This is done to ensure that the pages remain light in content and so faster to download on slower connections. [...]
Glow Light – How ASMs can switch it on for users
August 17, 2010 - 3:05 pm
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On Saturday 21st August, Glow Light goes live. If you want more information about Glow Light and the functionality it offers a video is available here.
Glow Light will be switched on for all users from 28 August unless an alternative switch on date has been requested by your local authority. However, if you want to switch [...]
Glow Blogs – Custom Headers
July 1, 2010 - 3:44 pm
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You can change the image at the top of your Glow Blog if you are using the K2 theme.
To find out how to do this and also to find out more about Glow Blogs then please visit the Glow Blog! It can be found here
Changing the layout of your blog
June 25, 2010 - 1:02 pm
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Themes are one way of making blogs look different from each other. It is also possible though to bring on new widgets on to your blog to further change how your blog appears to your users.
To change the widgets on your blog:
Go to View Dashboard, on this page click on the Widgets link as shown [...]
Blogs – Themes
June 25, 2010 - 12:10 pm
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In Glow Blogs there are 5 themes currently available. A different theme in Glow Blogs will have a significant impact on the look and feel of your blog.
Once you have chosen a theme for your blog, you can change this at any time by going to the Manage link in the web part (provided you have [...]
Glow Blogs – An Overview
June 16, 2010 - 9:38 am
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Glow Blogs went live on the 26th June.
Glow Blogs use Wordpress and allow people to post entries to a blog that can then be viewed by others.
A new web part now exists called Glow Blogs and this can be added to a Glow group, an establishment site (e.g. a school site or a local authority [...]
Using Glow – Glow Mailing Lists
June 9, 2010 - 10:23 am
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Mailing lists are commonly used by individuals or organisations as a way to send emails to large numbers of people on a regular basis.
A training guide has been written to introduce you to this component and this guide can be found HERE
Using Glow – Glow Messenger
June 9, 2010 - 10:21 am
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Glow Messenger is an electronic messaging service that allows you to exchange text messages with connected parties in real time. This service is available only to adults in schools i.e. not parents nor pupils.
A training guide has been written to introduce you to this component which can be found HERE
Using Glow – Glow Meet
June 9, 2010 - 10:20 am
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Glow Meet is the web conferencing tool within Glow. Users can communicate through audio, video and text and can share a virtual whiteboard, documents, images and applications.
A training guide has been written to introduce you to this component and this guide can be found HERE
Using Glow – Glow Learn
June 9, 2010 - 10:13 am
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Glow Learn is the virtual learning environment of Glow.
A training guide has been written to help you get started including creating resources and courses, enrolling pupils and monitoring and marking. This guide can be found HERE
Using Glow – Glow Chat
June 9, 2010 - 10:12 am
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Glow chat is a method of communicating in real time by sending text-only messages to other users
A training guide has been written to introduce you to this component and the guide can be found HERE
Using Glow – Video Streaming
June 9, 2010 - 10:10 am
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Glow video streaming allows authorised users to manage video resources using a secure web-based interface from any location that has access to the Internet
Training guides have been written to introduce you to this component and they can be found HERE
Using Glow – Web Hosting
June 9, 2010 - 10:09 am
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The Glow web hosting service allows a Glow user to own, add content to and publish a web site
Training guides have been written to introduce you to this component and they can be found HERE
Using Glow – Secure File Transfer
June 9, 2010 - 10:07 am
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Secure file transfer is a powerful, secure, web-based data transfer solution for schools, local authorities and various stakeholders.
A training guide has been written to introduce you to this component and this can be found HERE
Glow Passwords – An Introduction
May 12, 2010 - 3:22 pm
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Glow is a secure environment and so every user needs to have a password.
What does the password need to be
Glow Passwords do not have to be complicated.
The easiest way to set up your password is to have any two words with a space between them, so long as your total number of characters including the [...]