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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)

WordPress, Multisite, and BuddyPress


Throughout this book, we use several different versions of WordPress including a standard WordPress installation, WordPress Multisite Networks, and BuddyPress. The following table highlights the differences between these WordPress installations:

WordPress

The default WordPress installation creates a single blog site with a single user. It is possible to add additional users to the site, but all contributions, such as new posts and pages, will be made to the same site.

Multisite

The multisite feature creates a network of virtual sites from a single WordPress installation. Users are provided with their own WordPress site, which can also be controlled by the WordPress network administrator.

BuddyPress

BuddyPress is a WordPress plugin that turns a standard WordPress installation into a social network, enabling features for site users such as an activity feed and private messaging.

Multisite with BuddyPress

BuddyPress and Multisite networks can run...