For those Penn State faculty, students and staff that have been waiting for a tool that would allow them to keep a protected online journal, your wait is over.
(Notice I used the word protected and not private - understand that if you really want something to remain private, the last place that you want it is on the internet!)
This caveat aside, there certainly exist instructional instances where the contents of a journal needs only to be read by the author, their mentor and perhaps a selected few others. If this is the case, then selecting the protected option makes sense.
Essentially, instead of writing your website/blog files to the 'www' directory in your PASS space selecting the protected option writes these files to your 'www_protected' directory within your PASS. In this way you can use the wizard to select which Penn State userids have access to view your files in this space. The Penn State blog tool provides connections directly to this ability.
(Notice I used the word protected and not private - understand that if you really want something to remain private, the last place that you want it is on the internet!)
This caveat aside, there certainly exist instructional instances where the contents of a journal needs only to be read by the author, their mentor and perhaps a selected few others. If this is the case, then selecting the protected option makes sense.
Essentially, instead of writing your website/blog files to the 'www' directory in your PASS space selecting the protected option writes these files to your 'www_protected' directory within your PASS. In this way you can use the wizard to select which Penn State userids have access to view your files in this space. The Penn State blog tool provides connections directly to this ability.