How to save a copy of your blog posts

 Assessment criteria state that you'll have to upload a saved copy of your blog posts to the portal. This means you'll need to save them as a document.

How to save the content of your blog as a document

Remember that posting your blog's link in the portal is not enough when you submit your assignments. As a blog’s content can be modified, we need to have an archive of your blog at the time it is submitted for assessment. For this reason, we suggest the use of BlogBooker (http://www.blogbooker.com/) or PrintFriendly (https://www.printfriendly.com/) or
you can just print your blog posts as PDF files by using your browser’s print option.

BlogBooker

If you use BlogBooker, you have to export your blog content and bring it into BlogBooker to convert it to PDF. There are instructions on the BlogBooker website on how to export your blog content, depending on which blog you are using (e.g. Blogger or Wordpress.) Unfortunately, Weebly is currently not supported by this service, though that feature may be added in future. For now, if you have a Weebly blog, you’ll need to take screen captures.

Printfriendly

If you have not tried Printfriendly, here is a brief 'how to':

• Open the website
• Copy and paste your blog address to the box entitled 'enter a url'
• Click 'print preview'

The tool will convert your blog to PDF preview mode. You can then click 'PDF' and 'Download your PDF' to download the file to your computer. This tool is quite easy to use and quick in generating the PDF file with good quality images from your blog. However, the hidden content of any blog post needs to be open so that the tool can read it to print.

In addition to submitting your archived blog, please remember also to include the link to your live blog or send us (postgrad@themindlab.com) the invitation to view it (if it is set as private).

Sunday, 10 January 2016