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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)

Exploring the Network Admin area


With multisite enabled, we now have access to the Network Admin area of WordPress. From the Network Admin we are able to manage our network's settings, add or remove new sites, and manage themes and plugins.

To access the Network Admin area of WordPress:

  1. 1. Log in to WordPress.

  2. 2. Hover over My Sites in the toolbar at the top of the screen.

  3. 3. Click on the Network Admin tab.

Once logged in to the Network Admin area, we see the network admin dashboard. The most notable difference between the Network Admin dashboard and that of our individual WordPress site is that the Right Now box presents us with an option to quickly add new sites or users rather than draft a new post.

The left sidebar of the admin area allows us to navigate to the Network Admin screens.

  • Dashboard returns us to our network admin dashboard

  • Sites allows us to view our network's sites and add new sites to the network

  • Users allows us to view our registered users and add additional users to the...