To view and update your learning log privacy setting, follow the step-by-step guidance below:
1. Navigate to the WordPress Dashboard by viewing your learning log, hovering over the title of your site on the toolbar and selecting 'Dashboard', as shown in the screenshot below.
2. Select 'Settings' followed by 'Reading' from the left-hand menu, as shown in the screenshot below.
3. You can view your current privacy selection under the 'Site visibility' heading. To change the visibility of your learning log, you can select a different privacy option, followed by 'Save Changes' to confirm.
It is important to note that your learning log privacy setting should be considered the primacy setting. Each post you make must be published using the default 'Public' visibility option from within the editor, as shown in the screenshot below, otherwise your posts will be inaccessible.
Public Visibility
- 'Allow search engines to index this site': publicly accessible and allows your learning log to appear in search engines such as Google, Bing and Yahoo.
- 'Discourage search engines from indexing this site': publicly accessible and reduces the likelihood of your learning log appearing in search engine results.
Private Visibility
- 'Visible only to registered users of this network': limited to those with an OCA Email Address and access to OCA Spaces, such as fellow students and staff. This is the recommend option.
- 'Visible only to registered users of this site': limited to users subscribed to your site and you control which users have access from the WordPress Dashboard. See the How do I add or remove users from my learning log? article for more information.
- 'Visible only to administrators of this site': users require the 'Administrator' role. This option isn't recommended as your learning log will be inaccessible to your tutor and / or assessor.