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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)

Installing BuddyPress


To install BuddyPress, first install and activate the BuddyPress plugin. To install the plugin, log in to the WordPress dashboard, hover over Plugins in the left sidebar and choose Add New. From the Install Plugins screen, search for and activate BuddyPress (http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/buddypress/). At the time of writing, the current version of BuddyPress is 1.5.5.

Note

If you are installing BuddyPress in addition to the WordPress Multisite Network (as covered in Chapter 4, Enabling a Multisite Network), BuddyPress will be installed and managed from within the Network Admin dashboard. While possible to run both a multisite network and BuddyPress, I have encountered occasional compatibility issues. I would recommend choosing the one that best suits your site needs.

Once the plugin has been activated, we can follow the BuddyPress Installation Wizard to setup our social network. To access the BuddyPress Installation Wizard (or Update Wizard from within a multisite...