Blogging for staff

You want a blog to use with your students for teaching, learning or assessment

• If you need structured assessment and do not require blogs to remain private or much have many personalisation options, then using a VLE is your best option.

  • Find out more about Blackboard Learn
  • Find out more about Moodle
• If you want your students' blogs to be available publically, and have more space for creativity and personalisation but still structured assessment, PebblePad is your best option.
  • Learn more about PebblePad and how to sign up
• If you do not require (structured) assessment but want the possibility to make the blog public and offer more personalisation and creativity, blogs.ed.ac.uk is your best option.
  • Find out more about blogs.ed.ac.uk

You want a blog for you research project

• If you do not need your blog to be editable by people from other institutions and require no specific functionality, turn to blogs.ed.ac.uk.
  • Find out more about blogs.ed.ac.uk. 
• If you want a blog with more space for personalisation and your own web hosting, turn to DIY blogs (Research leads to small cost).
  • Find out more about DIY blogs. 
• If you have funding and need a crossinstitutional blog with a specific functionality, turn to Customised blogs.
  • Find out more about Customised blogs. 

You want a blog for your unit, department or other University community

• If you do not need specific functionalities and/or do not have funding for your blog, blogs.ed.ac.uk is your best option. 
  • Find out more about blogs.ed.ac.uk.  
• If you do need specific functionalities on this blog and have funding, Customised blogs is your best option.
  • Find out more about customised blogs.
• If you do need specific functionalities on this blog but have limited funding, DIY blogs is your best option.
  • Find out more about DIY blogs. 
• If you would prefer an entire website for your unit, department or other University community, you should use EdWeb. This is important for website usability and consistency, and is covered in the Academic Blogging Service terms of use. 
  • University Website Programme can supply further information.

You want your own blog to promote your own ideas, reflections and research

• If you do not need your blog to be crossinstitutional, and do not need a specific functionality, blogs.ed.ac.uk is your best option.
  • Find out more about blogs.ed.ac.uk.
• If you need your blog to be crossinstitutional and/or have a specific functionality, customised blogs is your best option as long as you have full funding. If you have limited funding, turn to DIY blogs.
  • Find out more about Customised blogs.
  • Find out more about DIY blogs.

• If you want your blog to be crossinstitutional and/or have a specific functionality but have no funding, there are no options available at this time. Blogs.ed.ac.uk is probably your best option but it is not editable by other institutions and has basic functionalities. 

Read more about all staff blogging options below.