WordPress A Powerful Tool for Evidencing Study?
In this session
- Review the WordPress ecosystem.
- Creating a WordPress Portfolio
- Consider WordPress in a Classroom Context.
It's NOt just a blog!
The WordPress Ecosystem
WordPress is a free, open source, content management system.
- Powerful Plugin architecture and template based visual design.
- Used in 25% of the world's top 10 million websites (Jan 2015).
WordPress comes in two flavours...
wordpress.org
- For coders.
- Download the code and install on your own server.
- Do what you like with it - if you know what you are doing!
wordpress.com
- A hosted service - sign up on The Web for an account
- Free - with adverts.
- Subscribe - for advert free / customisation / commercial address.
WordPress Portfolio
A step by step demo...
Note. This short demonstration is designed to give an appreciation of working with WordPress. Check out the tutorial links at the end of this session for a comprehensive guide to using WordPress
Check out these videos for an appreciation of what is involved in creating a WordPress Site.
Discussion
WordPress is not a trivial undertaking. With some students this experience is essential, but is this complexity appropriate for all?
- Where would WordPress be an essential part of the student experience?
- What are the alternatives?
Where Next?
Here are some resources to help you better understand and use WordPress...
Created with images by Annie Mole - "Britain Going Blog Crazy - Metro Article" • Michael Bentley - "Van Gogh Working with Crayons" • francisco_osorio - "University Life 26" • kevin dooley - "Future tense"