Book description
Create interactive and engaging e-learning websites with WordPress book and ebook.
- Develop effective e-learning websites that will engage your students
- Extend the potential of a classroom website with WordPress plugins
- Create an interactive social network and course management system to enhance student and instructor communication
In Detail
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
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WordPress for Education
- Table of Contents
- WordPress for Education
- Credits
- About the Author
- About the Reviewers
- www.PacktPub.com
- Preface
- 1. Installing and Configuring WordPress
- 2. Setting Up Our Class Site
- 3. Enhancing WordPress with Plugins
- 4. Enabling a Multisite Network
- 5. Creating a Social Network with BuddyPress
- 6. BuddyPress Courseware
- 7. Site Management
- 8. WordPress Resources and Plugins
- Index
Product information
- Title: WordPress for Education
- Author(s):
- Release date: June 2012
- Publisher(s): Packt Publishing
- ISBN: 9781849518208
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