Using WordPress for a Course Website

Using WordPress for a Course Website Jeremy Boggs Creative Lead, CHNM

C Jeremy Boggs, WordCamp Ed 08 Using WordPress for a Course Website Background Web designer and developer WordPress user since 2004 History PhD student, Graduate Lecturer (Similar to an adjunct, but paid even less)

C Jeremy Boggs, WordCamp Ed 08 Using WordPress for a Course Website Hosted or Self-Install? Can do many of the same things with WordPress.com or Edublogs.

C Jeremy Boggs, WordCamp Ed 08 Using WordPress for a Course Website Installing WordPress I’ll assume you know how to do this or can find out on your own.

C Jeremy Boggs, WordCamp Ed 08 Using WordPress for a Course Website Why Use WordPress? - I’m a code geek, like to tinker - WordPress offered simplicity, customization - Openness encouraged me (and the class) to experiment, both with technology and with content.

C Jeremy Boggs, WordCamp Ed 08 Using WordPress for a Course Website Good course website... Makes it easy to access course information Encourages student participation makes it easy for instructor to manage.

C Jeremy Boggs, WordCamp Ed 08 Using WordPress for a Course Website Course Sitemap Plan information architecture and organization of the site.

C Jeremy Boggs, WordCamp Ed 08 Using WordPress for a Course Website Course Sitemap Displa y 10 b Link l to Fac og posts Link eb to arc ook App Searc hi h cour ves Displa se Home y Con site tact In forma tion Requirements Projects Schedule Students Cours Wikip ep ed Requ olicies Cours ia entry Week ly sch Discu ss ew ire Atten d books Blog C eblog from ed datab ule pulled user p with class ro about dance o Movie mments Make ase Link files. Revie sure a . to w readin ll stude individua gs wo links to nt blo gs l Make rk sure t ! works he vCa ! l link

C Jeremy Boggs, WordCamp Ed 08 Using WordPress for a Course Website Courseware WordPress plugin, result of thinking about course management prior to teaching. scholarpress.net

C Jeremy Boggs, WordCamp Ed 08 Using WordPress for a Course Website Add Course Information

C Jeremy Boggs, WordCamp Ed 08 Using WordPress for a Course Website Add Schedule Entries

C Jeremy Boggs, WordCamp Ed 08 Using WordPress for a Course Website Add/Edit Bibliography Entries

C Jeremy Boggs, WordCamp Ed 08 Using WordPress for a Course Website Add Assignments

C Jeremy Boggs, WordCamp Ed 08 Using WordPress for a Course Website Add Assignments Pre-populated with schedule entries

C Jeremy Boggs, WordCamp Ed 08 Using WordPress for a Course Website Add Assignments Pre-populated with schedule entries Pre-populated with bibliography entries

C Jeremy Boggs, WordCamp Ed 08 Using WordPress for a Course Website Course Site

C Jeremy Boggs, WordCamp Ed 08 Using WordPress for a Course Website Public Site

C Jeremy Boggs, WordCamp Ed 08 Using WordPress for a Course Website Courseware and Microformats “...a set of simple, open data formats built upon existing and widely adopted standards.” microformats.org

C Jeremy Boggs, WordCamp Ed 08 Using WordPress for a Course Website hCal Example

C Jeremy Boggs, WordCamp Ed 08 Using WordPress for a Course Website Subscribe to vCal file

C Jeremy Boggs, WordCamp Ed 08 Using WordPress for a Course Website Subscribe to vCal file Click it!

C Jeremy Boggs, WordCamp Ed 08 Using WordPress for a Course Website Pull Schedule into Calendar App

C Jeremy Boggs, WordCamp Ed 08 Using WordPress for a Course Website Pull Schedule into Calendar App Includes title, date, and assignments in notes

C Jeremy Boggs, WordCamp Ed 08 Using WordPress for a Course Website WP Book Take course website, put it into a Facebook App...seriously.

C Jeremy Boggs, WordCamp Ed 08 Using WordPress for a Course Website Facebook App

C Jeremy Boggs, WordCamp Ed 08 Using WordPress for a Course Website Weblog Update or Die Set an example for students My best course blog: 200+ posts, 500+ comments

C Jeremy Boggs, WordCamp Ed 08 Using WordPress for a Course Website Student Accounts Create a sense of class community Easily track student participation

C Jeremy Boggs, WordCamp Ed 08 Using WordPress for a Course Website Student Groups on Blog

C Jeremy Boggs, WordCamp Ed 08 Using WordPress for a Course Website Student Activity on Blog

C Jeremy Boggs, WordCamp Ed 08 Using WordPress for a Course Website Protect the Students!

C Jeremy Boggs, WordCamp Ed 08 Using WordPress for a Course Website Protect Student List!

C Jeremy Boggs, WordCamp Ed 08 Using WordPress for a Course Website Plugin: Cimy User Extra Fields - Useful to gather things like student interests, bio, major, goals for course, etc. - Also useful to add fields for other services (Flickr, YouTube, SlideShare).

C Jeremy Boggs, WordCamp Ed 08 Using WordPress for a Course Website Extra fields for: - Biography - Image - Website - Twitter - Flickr - AIM

C Jeremy Boggs, WordCamp Ed 08 Using WordPress for a Course Website Plugin: User Roles - Allows you to define and manage new roles and capabilities. - quot;Class Tech Supportquot; level for two students, who provided tech help to classmates for a small class reward. Give them extra permissions.

C Jeremy Boggs, WordCamp Ed 08 Using WordPress for a Course Website Simple Guidelines - Plan site organization - use plugins - Utilize user accounts for students

C Jeremy Boggs, WordCamp Ed 08 Using WordPress for a Course Website Thanks! Questions? Lets Talk More: - clioweb.org - twitter.com/clioweb - brightkite.com/clioweb - slideshare.com/clioweb

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