The Pros & Cons

Erin FlannerySWC 200

What is

mBlog was started to give students and faculty a way to blog. The feature started with the hope that the blogs could serve as a record of early 21st century life at Michigan.

VS.

Can make changes to layout with html

Lots of professional looking templates

Auto Save

Subject to university’s proper use policy

Easy to create

Free

Users can choose to participate in the University’s archival project.

No privacy option

URL indicates affiliation with the University

Visitor statistics

Option to have multiple authors on one blog

Compatible with many widgets

Some options withheld from free version

Extensive help forums

Adding pictures and videos is very easy

Must know html to add photos to posts

Easy to navigate

Easy to find other blogs by topic

Can use trackbacks

Is

mBlog seems like it would only be useful for someone who is very online savvy

Now that there are so many user-friendly options to create a blog, this one does not seem like the best one for the average student.

worth using?