how to create a page where students can post weekly blogs?

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    doloresediaz · Member ·

    hi! i’m trying to create a site for a class where the students have to weekly write blogs so we thought wordpresswould be perfect.
    how do we do this?

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    timethief · Member ·

    Blogs are not wikis so there is no everyone can post scenario.

    There is no limitation on the total number of contributors to any blog. If you’d like to invite others to publish posts or help approve comments on your blog, you can invite them to be a Contributor, Editor, or Author. If you want users to receive updates each time you publish new content you can invite them to be a follower/viewer.
    See here:
    http://en.support.wordpress.com/adding-users/ and here http://en.support.wordpress.com/user-roles/

    They need to register username accounts but do not need to register blogs. They will need to click the “Accept Invitation” button in the invitation email. If they are logged into their WordPress.com account, they will be taken directly to your blog. If not, they will be taken to the log-in screen, where they can either log in or create a new user account.

    Note that users who create a new WordPress.com account at that point will still need to return to the invitation email and click the “Accept Invitation” button after doing so.

    The limit is 10 invitations at any point in time. It’s a spammer prevention limit. So simply wait and then send out 10 more.

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    raincoaster · Member ·

    You might want to look into Edublogs, which is based on WordPress and designed for this.

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    timethief · Member ·

    Good idea. See: http://edublogs.com

    Edublogs lets you easily create & manage student & teacher blogs, quickly customize designs and include videos, photos & podcasts – it’s safe, easy and secure. The site runs on the same WordPress software we do here ie. wpMU (wordpress multiuser). However, the site is specifically set up for teachers and students. All edublogs are are advertising free, whereas our blogs here at WordPress.com are not ad-free, unless we buy an annually renewable Premium bundle upgrade.

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