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title: "Blog Menu Block"
canonical: "https://helpcentre.macewan.ca/space/ETS/2650472449/Blog%20Menu%20Block"
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**AUDIENCE: ****FACULTY**** | ****STAFF**
The Blog menu block allows students and instructors to create a course blog. Students and instructors can then post comments on the blogs created and view blogs from other courses.
## How to add the Blog menu block
Click **Add a block **at the top of the Navigation drawer on the right-hand side of the course page.
Click the **Blog menu** from the next screen.
## Add a blog
1. Navigate to the **Blog menu** block in the blocks menu on the right-hand side and click **Add an entry about this course**. Selecting **Add a new entry** will publish a blog visible to the whole mêskanâs site. Choosing this option should be avoided as it is difficult to find these blogs from the role of an instructor.
2. Provide the blog a title the beside **Entry title**,** **and** **enter the blog text** **into the** Blog entry body** editor. Also can add external files that would then publish on the blog by dragging them into the draggable area adjacent to **Attachment**. Can choose to publish to the blog: **Anyone on this site** or just to **Yourself (draft)**, by selecting either option from the drop-down menu adjacent to **Publish to**. Click **Save Changes** when finished editing (not pictured).
> ℹ️ Note many other elements that can be added to the blog through editing, such as links, video, and images.
## Viewing Blogs
1. As a student or instructor, you can view any published blog to the course via the blog entry. To do so, click **View all entries to this course** from the **Blog Menu**.
2. This will show a list of all blogs published to the course you are enrolled in. Alternatively, you can select **Site blogs** from the navigation menu and publish blogs to the site, not just the course.
3. To see all the blogs posted, click **Blog entries** from the **Blog menu** block. To see the posts exclusive to the course you are enrolled in, click **View my entries about this course**.
## Commenting on Blogs
1. To comment on any blog by selecting a post and clicking on **Comment** below that post. Type the comment in the **Add a comment box**. Click **Save comment** when done.
2. To check the users’ permissions, click on the three-dot icon and then select **Check permissions** from the drop-down menu. Choose the user from the list, or search in the Search bar, and click **SHOW THIS USER’S PERMISSIONS**.
3. The next screen will show their access level. This is more useful if wanting to limit the access to edit for other teachers in the course. By default, students will only be able to view the **Blog block. **
4. To hide the **Blog menu** from view, click the three-dot icon, and then select **Hide Blog menu block** from the drop-down menu.
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