Curricular WordPress Sites

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.

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

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

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

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

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