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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)

Forums


Forums are an effective way of coordinating student discussion. Forums serve a different purpose than site Activity, as forums allow users to create and respond to posts within a given topic. BuddyPress does not enable forums by default, but allows us to create both a general forum for all site users as well as group specific forums.

To install a forum, visit the WordPress dashboard, hover over BuddyPress in the left sidebar and choose Forums. From the Forums screen we are able to install both Forums for Groups and Site Wide Forums by clicking the blue Install Group Forums or Install Site Wide Forums button.

While it is possible to enable group and sitewide forums simultaneously, the distinction to site users is not clear, causing the experience for students to be confusing. I would recommend selecting only the type of forum that best meets your needs rather than installing both.

Group forums

Group forums will give the members of a group access to a separate discussion forum. Only...