2015
Lynda
Chris Mattia
1:55
English

Break out of the walls of your learning management system and create open, connected spaces for student learning and engagement with WordPress. Author Chris Mattia explores the best WordPress site designs and plugins for educators, and strategies for teaching online and engaging students in a digital environment. The ideas in this course can apply to face-to-face, blended, and 100% online classes. Start watching to learn how to design an open, connected course site; organize the flow of course content; and syndicate content from student sites.

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

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