WordPress for education [[electronic resource] ] : create interactive and engaging e-learning websites with WordPress / / Adam D. Scott

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910462430003321
• Autore: Scott Adam D
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Birmingham, : Packt Pub. Ltd., 2012
• ISBN: 1-280-87292-6; 9786613714237; 1-84951-821-1
• Edizione: [1st edition]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (144 p.)
• Collana: Open source : community education distilled
• Disciplina: 006.7
• Soggetti: Educational Web sites; Internet in education; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Copyright; Credits; About the Author; About the Reviewers; www.PacktPub.com; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: Installing and Configuring WordPress; Installing WordPress; Purchased hosting; Installing WordPress with purchased hosting; Finishing the installation; Manually installing WordPress; WordPress overview; Creating posts and pages; Writing a new post; Creating a page; Settings; General Settings; Writing Settings; Reading Settings; Discussion Settings; Media Settings; Privacy Settings; Permalinks; Summary; Chapter 2: Setting up our Class Site; Basics of post and page editing; Previewing and publishing optionsPages; Creating a home page; Making the Home page static; Syllabus page; Deleting the sample page; Posts; Adding a video to a post; Categories and tags; Edit an existing post and add an image; Adding an image; Editing post categories; Themes; Widgets; Menus; Summary; Chapter 3: Enhancing WordPress with Plugins; Finding and installing plugins; Managing plugins; Plugins; Pre-installed WordPress plugins; Hello Dolly; Akismet; Education plugins; ScholarPress Courseware; WP Survey and Quiz Tool; Grader; Conversation and communication plugins; Contact Form 7; Semi-Private CommentsIntenseDebate Comments; Disqus; bbPress; ; Social plugins; WP to Twitter; Simple Facebook Connect; Other Plugins; Jetpack; Calendar; WordPress Mobile Pack; Add Multiple Users for WordPress; Anthologize; Updating plugins; Uninstalling plugins; Summary; Chapter 4: Enabling a Multisite Network; Before installing; Creating the network; Exploring the Network Admin area; Creating a new site; Installing themes and plugins; Network Enabled themes; Network Enabled plugins; Network administrator plugins; New Blog Templates; Multisite Plugin Manager; ThreeWP Activity Monitor; Network contentDisplaying a list of network sites; Displaying network posts; Summary; Chapter 5: Creating a Social Network with BuddyPress; WordPress, Multisite, and BuddyPress; Installing BuddyPress; Components; Pages; Permalinks; Theme; Finish; Registering student accounts; Individually registering students; Enabling student self registration; Activity; Friend connections; Groups; Forums; Group forums; Sitewide forums; Protecting student privacy; Summary; Chapter 6: BuddyPress Courseware; Installing and configuring BP Courseware; BuddyPress Courseware settings; Global settings; Collaboration settingsMake assignment responses private; Gradebook default grade format; Webservices API integration; Customization; Renaming the groups page; Setting Courses as the site home page; Creating a course; Enabling BP Courseware; Courseware dashboard; Adding course content; Lectures; Assignments; Posting assignments as a teacher; Submitting assignments as a student; Viewing student responses; Gradebook; Bibliography; Schedule and calendar; Teacher and student roles; Help and support; Summary; Chapter 7: Site Management; Site backups; Site performance; WP Super Cache; Better WP Minify
• Sommario/riassunto: Create interactive and engaging elearning websites with WordPress