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
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 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:
- Dryfalls - a group WordPress site created by the Landscapes of change students Fall 2012.
- Summer Sustainability - a student blog exploring sustainability in an urban setting from the program Summer in the City.
- Image galleries