ITS: Blogging Service Application Form

ITS Website > Staff > Blogging > Request a blog site form

Use this form to apply for an ITS centrally provided blog. Please allow five working days for your blog to be set up.

The blogging service is provided to support teaching and learning, research, and administration at the University of Otago. If you would like a 'personal' blog , there are a number of publicly available services, such as Wordpress.com and Blogger.com.

You must be a University of Otago staff member to request a blog

Blog Details

Preferred blog url: http://blogs.otago.ac.nz/

If this blog is teaching-related, you should include the paper code - e.g. 'GEOG215'. In most cases, you should NOT include a year (otherwise you will need to request a new site every year). We cannot change the site name after it has been set up, so choose carefully.

Blog title:

(up to 100 characters - e.g. 'Behaviour and the Build Environment')

Who should have access to the blog?

This is a public/open-access blog (anyone can view the blog)
This is a private blog, only selected users may have access to the blog (if this option is chosen users will have to log into the blog to view)

If this blog is private, who would you like to view/read your posts?

Students enrolled in the following papers

Paper code - e.g. GEOG215	Semester	Campus Location (AKL, CHCH, DUN, INV, WLG)

These individuals (if they're specified in papers above, you don't need to name them here)

Name	University username

Who else needs to edit/upload material?

Name	University Username	Role*

Contributor - can download podcasts and write posts for approval
Author - can download podcasts and publish posts
Editor - can delete podcasts, upload podcasts, download podcasts and publish posts
Administrator - can change themes, delete podcasts, manage users, upload podcasts, download podcasts and publish posts

Blog Owner

Name:		University username:
Email address:		Phone number:

This blog is for Teaching and Learning, Research, or Administration at the University of Otago

I understand that it is the responsibility of the Blog Owner to ensure material is distributed in accordance with the applicable copyright law

I have read the University's Copyright Information