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* '''A site that can grow with your teaching.''' Your WordPress site can be used across multiple years or courses. Build, refine, update, rinse and repeat.
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'''WordPress at The Evergreen State College'''
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WordPress has a variety of visibility settings. You can choose to keep your website private, share it only with faculty and peers, or share your work with a global audience!
 
* '''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.
 
* '''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.
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* '''Build community''' beyond the confines of your classroom by opening up portions of your course website. Copyrighted materials and student discussion forums can still remain protected behind an Evergreen login.
 
 
* '''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.
 
* '''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.
 
* '''Mobile ready.''' Most newer themes are designed to be responsive and adjust to work well on any size device.
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==How is WordPress used at Evergreen?==
 
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===Program websites===
 
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WordPress is a good option for faculty looking to share course information and resources online but don't need the added features and complexity that come with our campus LMS.
 
  
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Consider using WordPress instead of Canvas or Moodle when you '''do not need''' the following LMS features:
 
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=== Our Custom Instances of WordPress ===
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* sites can publicly viewable or private
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Although similar to wordpress.com, these particular instances are specific to the college and are not connected with wordpress.com:
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* supports private discussion forums with attachments
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* [https://wordpress.evergreen.edu "'''wordpress'''.evergreen.edu]" for use by student, faculty, and staff
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* can customize the look of the site with header images
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* "'''sites'''.evergreen.edu" for use by faculty and staff - '''however, please note:''' as of summer 2025, "sites" is in process of being closed/sunsetted - details below)
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* recurring offerings can keep the same site for re-use year after year
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* Note: A WordPress app is not available for these custom instances, use is by desktop and mobile web browser only.
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* integrates with a wide array of web services like Flickr, Google maps, Zotero, etc.
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==== As of Summer 2025, we are using [https://wordpress.evergreen.edu '''wordpress'''.evergreen.edu] only ====
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For Fall 2014 we've brought up a new instance of Wordpress dedicated to faculty curricular and individual sites at '''[https://sites.evergreen.edu sites.evergreen.edu]'''. The new instance is similar to blogs.evergreen.edu which will continue to host community blogs and student academic journals.
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How is sites.evergreen.edu different from blogs.evergreen.edu?
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* sites.e.e is focused on supporting faculty work
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* Students, Faculty, and Staff have access to use [https://wordpress.evergreen.edu '''wordpress'''.evergreen.edu]
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* new [https://sites.evergreen.edu/site-templates/ site templates] speed up the development time for faculty
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* Sites may be requested (by anyone with an active Evergreen account) via [https://help.evergreen.edu help.evergreen.edu].
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* Faculty may also request WordPress via their [https://presence.evergreen.edu Academic Resources pages] (same place Canvas can be requested).
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* Faculty and Staff: If you have questions about this change and options regarding your content at "'''sites'''.evergreen.edu," please contact Academic Technologies via [https://help.evergreen.edu help.evergreen.edu].
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====Example: Program websites====
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=== Learning and Teaching Possibilities with WordPress ===
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[[File:Trajectories-example.png|200px|right]]
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* Program/course project or showcase: all students are contributing members of the same site.
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'''[http://blogs.evergreen.edu/trajectories/ Trajectories in Animation, Mathematics, and Physics]'''<br />
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* Student Portfolios for class work, capstone, internships, writing, art showcase, etc: individual or group sites.
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'''[http://blogs.evergreen.edu/movingtowardshealth/ Moving Towards Health]'''<br />
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Some faculty choose to have their students maintain academic web-based journals. Integrating the work of your students into the class website can be an effective way to bring together all of the work happening in the program. Program sites can aggregate the feeds from student blogs creating a dynamic page that always shows the latest posts from your students.
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'''[http://blogs.evergreen.edu/popculture/ Asian American Pop Culture]'''<br />
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* student journals must be publicly viewable for aggregation to work. This provided an opportunity to discuss issues of online identity. Students were given the option to use a nom de plume instead.
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Group sites have multiple authors writing to the same site. Coordination and organization up front are the keys to a successful group site.
 
Group sites have multiple authors writing to the same site. Coordination and organization up front are the keys to a successful group site.
  
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===== Example: Group Project Website =====
 
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'''[http://blogs.evergreen.edu/ebestiary/ Animal Others] - the eBestiary'''<br>
 
'''[http://blogs.evergreen.edu/ebestiary/ Animal Others] - the eBestiary'''<br>
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'''[http://blogs.evergreen.edu/birds/ Birds of Evergreen]'''<br />
 
'''[http://blogs.evergreen.edu/birds/ Birds of Evergreen]'''<br />
 
Alison Styring
 
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Faculty may request a WordPress course site via the [http://presence.evergreen.edu/ Academic Technologies] resource in my.evergreen.edu or by contacting [https://help.evergreen.edu/contact/ac/index  Academic Computing].
 
  
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We've developed WordPress site templates to get you up and running quickly with your course site. Take a look at our [https://sites.evergreen.edu/help/site-templates/ template feature table] and choose the one that's right for your style of teaching.
 
  
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**[http://blogs.evergreen.edu/dryfalls/ Dryfalls] - a group WordPress site created by the Landscapes of change students Fall 2012.
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**[http://blogs.evergreen.edu/summersustainability/travel-map/ Summer Sustainability]  - a student blog exploring sustainability in an urban setting from the program [http://blogs.evergreen.edu/summerinthecity/ Summer in the City].
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All curricular WordPress sites will be [http://archives.evergreen.edu/webpages/curricular/ archived]. If you would like to re-use your site again contact your academic computing liaison, otherwise the site will be deleted once the archiving process is complete.
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Latest revision as of 10:14, 26 September 2025

WordPress at The Evergreen State College

WordPress has a variety of visibility settings. You can choose to keep your website private, share it only with faculty and peers, or share your work with a global audience!

  • 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.


Our Custom Instances of WordPress

Although similar to wordpress.com, these particular instances are specific to the college and are not connected with wordpress.com:

  • "wordpress.evergreen.edu" for use by student, faculty, and staff
  • "sites.evergreen.edu" for use by faculty and staff - however, please note: as of summer 2025, "sites" is in process of being closed/sunsetted - details below)
  • Note: A WordPress app is not available for these custom instances, use is by desktop and mobile web browser only.

As of Summer 2025, we are using wordpress.evergreen.edu only

What this means:

  • Students, Faculty, and Staff have access to use wordpress.evergreen.edu
  • Sites may be requested (by anyone with an active Evergreen account) via help.evergreen.edu.
  • Faculty may also request WordPress via their Academic Resources pages (same place Canvas can be requested).
  • Faculty and Staff: If you have questions about this change and options regarding your content at "sites.evergreen.edu," please contact Academic Technologies via help.evergreen.edu.

Learning and Teaching Possibilities with WordPress

  • Program/course project or showcase: all students are contributing members of the same site.
  • Student Portfolios for class work, capstone, internships, writing, art showcase, etc: individual or group sites.

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
Ebestiary-example.png

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


Birds-example.png

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


What else can I do with WordPress?


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WordPress Help

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