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WordPress for Education

via LinkedIn Learning

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Details

Provider

LinkedIn Learning
Pricing

Free Trial Available
Languages

English
Certificate

Certificate Available
Duration & workload

1 hour 55 minutes
Sessions

On-Demand
Level

Beginner

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Overview

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Break out of the walls of your learning management system and create open, connected spaces for student learning and engagement with WordPress.

Syllabus

Introduction

Welcome
What you should know before watching this course
Using the exercise files

1. Why WordPress?

Why WordPress?
Models for teaching with WordPress
FERPA and protecting student privacy
Understanding accessibility implications

2. Establishing Your Course Site

Understanding domains, subdomains, and folders
Which account?
Creating a test account on StateU.org
Installing WordPress with Installatron
Just enough administration
Designing a course architecture
Choosing a course theme

3. Building Your Course Structure

Building static pages
Creating categories
Creating tags
Creating menus
Connecting to an LMS
Creating a test data matrix
Using the RSS widget for content flow
Creating a content sidebar with widgets

4. Syndicating Student Blogs

Understanding WordPress Syndication
Configuring FeedWordPress
Collecting student feeds with Google Forms
Subscribing to student feeds

5. Testing and Refining

Excluding syndicated content
Featuring posts
Password protecting posts
Dealing with multiple course sections
Creating an author account

Conclusion

Goodbye

Taught by

Chris Mattia

Reviews

4.3 rating at LinkedIn Learning based on 49 ratings

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