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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)

Creating a course


When setting up a course we must first create a BuddyPress group, as described in Chapter 5, Creating a Social Network with BuddyPress

To create course or group:

  1. 1. From our public facing site, visit the Courses page (or Groups if not renamed).

  2. 2. Click on the Create a Group button.

  3. 3. From the Details screen, provide a Group Name such as the course name and section number and enter a Group Description such as the course catalog information.

  4. 4. On the Privacy Options page, select This is a public group, allowing any site member to join.

  5. 5. Complete the installation by optionally adding an avatar image and inviting members, as described in Chapter 5, Creating a Social Network with BuddyPress.

Enabling BP Courseware

Once the course group has been created, we may enable BP Courseware. This step may be skipped, if we selected Enable Courseware globally from the BuddyPress Courseware settings screen.

To enable BP Courseware:

  1. 1. Visit the page of the newly created group.

  2. 2. Click on...