WordPress for Education. Create interactive and engaging e-learning websites with WordPress book and Pyskowice

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. Spis treści: WordPress for Education Table of Contents WordPress for Education Credits About the Author About the Reviewers www.PacktPub.com Support files, eBooks, discount offers, and more Why Subscribe? Free Access for Packt account holders Preface What this book covers Self-hosted WordPress or WordPress.com Who this book is for What you need for this book Conventions Reader feedback Customer support Errata Piracy Questions 1. Installing and Configuring WordPress Installing WordPress Purchased hosting Installing WordPress with purchased hosting Finishing the installation Manually installing WordPress WordPress overview Creating posts and pages Writing a new post Creating a page Settings General Settings Writing Settings Reading Settings Discussion Settings Media Settings Privacy Settings Permalinks Summary 2. Setting Up Our Class Site Basics of post and page editing Previewing and publishing options Pages Creating a home page Making the Home page static Syllabus page Deleting the sample page Posts Adding a video to a post Categories and tags Editing an existing post and adding an image Adding an image Editing post categories Themes Widgets Menus Summary 3. Enhancing WordPress with Plugins Finding and installing plugins Managing plugins Plugins Preinstalled WordPress plugins Hello Dolly Akismet Education plugins ScholarPress Courseware WP Survey and Quiz Tool Grader Conversation and communication plugins Contact Form 7 Semi-Private Comments IntenseDebate Comments Disqus bbPress Social plugins WP to Twitter Simple Facebook Connect Other Plugins Jetpack Calendar WordPress Mobile Pack Add Multiple Users for WordPress Anthologize Updating plugins Uninstalling plugins Summary 4. Enabling a Multisite Network Before installing Creating the network Exploring the Network Admin area Creating a new site Installing themes and plugins Network enabled themes Network enabled plugins Network administrator plugins New Blog Templates Multisite Plugin Manager ThreeWP Activity Monitor Network content Displaying a list of network sites Displaying network posts Summary 5. Creating a Social Network with BuddyPress WordPress, Multisite, and BuddyPress Installing BuddyPress Components Pages Permalinks Theme Finish Registering student accounts Individually registering students Enabling student self-registration Activity Friend connections Groups Forums Group forums Sitewide forums Protecting student privacy Summary 6. BuddyPress Courseware Installing and configuring BP Courseware BuddyPress Courseware settings Global settings Collaboration settings Make assignment responses private Gradebook default grade format Webservices API integration Customization Renaming the groups page Setting Courses as the site home page Creating a course Enabling BP Courseware Courseware dashboard Adding course content Lectures Assignments Posting assignments as a teacher Submitting assignments as a student Viewing student responses Gradebook Bibliography Schedule and calendar Teacher and student roles Help and support Summary 7. Site Management Site backups Site performance WP Super Cache Better WP Minify Site security Secure WordPress WP Security Scan Updating WordPress Summary 8. WordPress Resources and Plugins WordPress resources WordPress Codex WordPress Support Forum WordPress Showcase: Education wp-edu discussion list Digging into WordPress Plugin directory Index