Curricular WordPress Sites

From Help Wiki

WordPress at The Evergreen State College

  • Ease of use. WordPress is renowned as one of the easiest web authoring platforms to get started with. At the same time, a huge selection of additional functionality is available via plugins when you’re ready to take the next steps.
  • WordPress sites look good. Theme selection and the ability to easily customize the look and feel of your site are is as good as it gets without having to hire a developer.
  • Mobile ready. Most newer themes are designed to be responsive and adjust to work well on any size device.


WordPress at Evergreen

How is sites.evergreen.edu different from wordpress.evergreen.edu?

sites.evergreen.edu

  • focused on supporting faculty and staff work
  • websites must be requested from Academic Computing

wordpress.evergreen.edu

  • is dedicated to student work
  • students can self-create a site after logging in



Group website

Group sites have multiple authors writing to the same site. Coordination and organization up front are the keys to a successful group site.

Example: Group Project Website

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Animal Others - the eBestiary
Anne DeMarken and Ruth Hayes

  • Each student was a contributor and added a post with their content
  • text plus rich media (images and video)
  • categories were used to structure the site
  • student "Wranglers" went through each post and helped other students with formatting and other issues


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Birds of Evergreen
Alison Styring

  • Each student was a contributor and added a post with their content
  • text plus rich media (images and audio)
  • categories were used to structure the site


How do I request a site?

Faculty may request a WordPress course site via the Academic Technologies resource in my.evergreen.edu or by submitting a technology support request.


What else can I do with WordPress?

  • Add geo-location data to your posts. Examples include:
  • Image galleries