Edublog Rollover

With a year of Edublogging under our belt we now have these guides to help you Within school Transition (as learners move between classes in a school) , between network schools.

You can use your blog admin sheets if you have them or download a list from our supporting database.

Within School Transition

Learners who stay and are moving to a new class:


  1. Changing comment notifications - add the new teachers email address

Nb - need to have comment notifications plugin enabled - this is a task for facilitators/school leaders

How to video


  1. Updating the tagline

Change the year level and teacher name if known

How to video


  1. Adding the new teacher(s) as an administrator (when they already have an edublogs account)

Video add users


  1. Remove previous teacher from the students edublog

Removing users

Between School Transition

Learners who are moving between cluster schools


  1. Adding the new school Edublogs admin account as an administrator

Video add users


  1. Updating the tagline and Site Title

Change the Site Title to reflect the new school

Change the Tagline to reflect the new year level and teacher name if known

How to video


  1. Remove previous teacher from comment notifications (if enabled)

How to video


  1. Remove previous teacher from the students edublog

Removing users


The following steps need to be completed by the new school


  1. Setting comment notifications - add the new teachers email address

Nb - need to have comment notifications plugin enabled - this is a task for facilitators/school leaders

How to video


  1. Check/Update the tagline and Site Title

Change the year level and teacher name

How to video


  1. Adding the new teacher(s) as an administrator (when they already have an edublogs account)

Video add users


  1. Student will need to be added as users once thier new school email addresses are set up

Archiving Edublogs

Note : This Process is only for learners leaving the cluster OR finishing school (ie year 13)

Don't delete the blog!

  1. Update the site title (remove school, leave students name) and change the tagline - I was a learner at xxx school and this is where I shared my learning.
    How to video

  2. Remove all teachers associated with the blog
    How to video

  3. Change the student's role to a subscriber - this maintains the link between the student as the author on the post and the content of the post.
    How to video

  4. Automatically close comments on posts older than 1 day
    How to video

Recommended End & Start of Year Processes

Recommended End & Start of Year Processes

Slides and recording of meetings supporting rollovers

Edublogs Rollover - For in school blog admins