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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 new site


Creating a new site will provide a unique WordPress site for the specified recipient, such as a student or staff member. To create a new site from the Network Admin Dashboard, click on the Create a New Site link from the Right Now box. We may also create a new site from anywhere within the Network Admin area by hovering over Sites in the left sidebar and choosing the Add New option.

Once on the Add New Site page, complete the form by filling out the Site Address, Site Title, and Admin Email.

  • Site Address: Enter the address of the new site into this text area. For a path based site, this would be the trailing slash. For example, if the new site was to be www.example.org/student1, simply enter student 1.

  • Site Title: Give the site a title, such as the student or staff member's names

  • Admin Email: The admin e-mail should be the e-mail address of the new site users

Once this is complete, the student or staff member will receive an e-mail with the site address as well as...