ASU Blogs
What is a blog?
The term “blog” is short for “weblog”. As blogger.com has so eloquently put,
“A blog is a personal diary. A daily pulpit. A collaborative space. A political
soapbox. A breaking-news outlet. A collection of links. Your own private thoughts.
Memos to the world. Your blog is whatever you want it to be. There are millions
of them, in all shapes and sizes.”
What is the ASU Blog Service?
ASU is providing all students, faculty and staff the ability to create their
own blog. In fact, you can create as many as you wish! You’ll recognize the
blog software ASU is offering (Wordpress)
because President Crow’s blog and
Adrian Sannier’s blog both use this software.
Why is ASU providing this service?
We think this technology is so important for communication in
today’s world, that we want to promote the use of blogs by everyone at ASU.
The ASU blog service is starting small, but you can use your ASURITE UserID
to sign on, auto-create your blog, become part of the blog directory and have
your blog searched under the “ASU Blog” umbrella. In the future, you will be
able to create blogs automatically for ASU classes or other university groups,
without the need to manage accounts and access.
Feedback
We really want to know what you think of the service and what your
suggestions are for improvement. Please provide us with feedback on the process
for getting started, features you’d like to see or whatever you think might be
an improvement. Let’s get going!
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New Features
 Wiki Manager
Improved directory tool
Theme editor for blogs
My Blogs Manager
Google search all ASU blogs and wikis
Coming soon
Improvements to Wiki Manager
Blog & Wiki statistics
Blog and Wiki Spotlight
Automatic groups (e.g. classes)
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