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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)

Managing plugins


By hovering over Plugins and choosing the Installed Plugins options, we are able to see the list of plugins we have installed.

From the previous screenshot, we are able to Activate, Deactivate, and Delete our Plugins. We also see a brief description of each plugin, its version number, and a link to Visit plugin site. Visiting the plugin's site is a great way to see instructions for how to use the plugin within WordPress.

Even after a plugin is activated, there are often settings or other steps to be completed before we see its changes live on our site. These settings will vary by plugin. Instructions for each plugin can be found either through the Plugins page at WordPress.org (http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins) or the plugin developer's website. Most plugins will display a Settings link below the plugin name on the Plugins page to allow us to quickly access its settings.