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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)

Chapter 4. Enabling a Multisite Network

The multisite feature allows us to create a network of WordPress sites. This feature is ideal for setting up student blogs and portfolios or creating a network of sites for instructors and teachers. A WordPress network is a group of individual sites on one shared instance of WordPress. With our multisite network, we act as the administrator, creating and controlling the accounts and sites.

In a WordPress network, each user receives his or her own WordPress installation, but no a shared codebase with a limited set of plugins and themes. A WordPress multisite network is different from multiauthor blogs, where multiple users are given access to a single site.

I have personally used WordPress multisite networks as a means of managing student blogs and portfolios. I have found blogs to be an effective way for students to curate and share class resources and links as well as an open space for students to write brief reflections on course content. WordPress...