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Web Publishing with WordPress Across the CurriculumWPCampus 2016Sarasota, Florida
Web Publishing for Teaching
My Journey
Goals
•Web Mediate the Details
•Keep it Simple
•Make it Accessible
•Model Behavior
•Syllabi
•Schedules
•Assignments
•Resources
Home for Administrivia
CourseContent Strategy
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Course Home Page
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Syllabus
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Schedule
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Assignments
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Resources
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About Me
Good for Instructors
•Simple updates of “Evergreen” content
•Always current course information
•Most Current information about the subject matter
•Students can’t lose the syllabus
Things I Do
•List student websites
•Social media publishing
•Interconnect class websites
•Post once-ish a week
•Use template pages
List student websites
Connect courses through social media
BloggingIsHard
Page Templates
Been There, Done That
Not so much
In Progress
•Course website workshops
•WordPress Network Install
•Three instructors using course sites
In the Works
•Automatic Install of Course Site Pages
•Promote Use by All Faculty
•Free Hosting for Faculty & Course Websites
Web Publishing for Learning
Who
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Millennials
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Gen Z
What
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Progress Reports
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Current Event Posts
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Assignments
When
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Freshman
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Sophomore
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Junior
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Senior
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Graduate
Students = publishers
•Required course element
•Implemented across the entire concentration
Why
Copyright & Fair Use
Free Expression
Writing mechanics
Online identity
Online publishing
Internet culture
Cultural sensitivity
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Built at WordPress.com
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Self Hosted Wordpress
How
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Freshman site structure
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Senior site structure
Basic knowledge
What Works
•Real world experience
•Foundation for their online presence
•Two year head start
Still to Come
•Free Hosting for Students In the College (2,000)
•Short Course (1 Credit Hour) in Website Building
Takeaways
•Keeps courses organized, consistent and flexible
•Easy to create new course sites
For Us
•Creates good online habits
•Each assignment builds their portfolio
For Them
Questions?
