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WordPress for Education

By : Adam Scott
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WordPress for Education

By: Adam Scott

Overview of this book

WordPress is typically known as a platform for blogging. However, the versatility and simplicity of WordPress makes it the perfect solution for the needs of professional educators. WordPress for Education guides readers through the practical applications of WordPress in a classroom setting. Readers will gain an understanding of the WordPress platform and how it can be used to create powerful classroom websites. WordPress for Education guides educators through the process of setting up a typical class website, creating student blogs, and using WordPress to power a learning management system. WordPress for Education provides clear and practical examples for using WordPress within the classroom. It will empower educators to create useful and engaging e-learning websites. Through the examples given in the book, you will gain an understanding of how to use WordPress to build an engaging and easy to update e-learning website. You will also learn about a variety of WordPress plugins that extend its abilities and usefulness in an educational environment, such as creating student blogs, keeping track of classroom events, managing coursework, and developing a classroom social network.
Table of Contents (14 chapters)

Menus


The WordPress menu feature allows us to create a custom navigation menu for our site. By default, WordPress creates navigation links for each new page, but we are able to create a custom menu that also includes post categories and links to other websites.

To create a menu, form the WordPress dashboard, hover over the Appearance tab in the left sidebar and choose the Menus tab. Enter a name for the menu and click on the blue Create Menu button.

Select the pages to add to the menu within the Pages box on the left side of the screen and click on the Add to Menu button. Because this menu will most likely be replacing the site's default navigation it is a good idea to select all of the pages.

To add a post category to the navigation menu, click on the appropriate checkbox within the Categories box and click on the Add to Menu button. In the case of our course site, adding the Assignment category will give our students quick access to all assignment posts on the site.

To add outside links...