WordPress for Course CMS
EDTECH Editor-Jones
Hi Folks:
Does anyone know where I can find current information/tips for setting
up/managing a course using the free WordPress (wordpress.com) site (example
would help as well). I have done this before but really didn't use all the
features I probably could have, and some things are new, like the grade book
module. All help is greatly appreciated you can respond online or to me direct,
cs-c...@wiu.edu.
Thanks in advance!
Sean
Sean Cordes
Assistant Professor
Instruction Services Coordinator
Western Illinois University Libraries
Macomb Il 61455
CS-C...@wiu.edu
309.298.2785
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SIGNOFF EDTECH
EDTECH Editor-Jones
You might want to check out edu20.org. It is a remarkably robust and easy
to use CMS system - and it's free.
> From: Sean Cordes <CS-C...@wiu.edu>
>
> Hi Folks:
>
> Does anyone know where I can find current information/tips for setting
> up/managing a course using the free WordPress (wordpress.com) site
> (example would help as well). I have done this before but really didn't use
> all the features I probably could have, and some things are new, like the
> grade book module. All help is greatly appreciated you can respond online or
> to me direct, cs-c...@wiu.edu.
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
> Sean
>
> Sean Cordes
> Assistant Professor
> Instruction Services Coordinator
> Western Illinois University Libraries
> Macomb Il 61455
> CS-C...@wiu.edu
> 309.298.2785
>
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Matt Henchen
EDTECH Editor-Jones
Hi Matt
Are you saying that edu2.0 is actually wordpress with add-ons?
All the best
Andrew
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Professor Dr Andrew Lian
Vice-President of AsiaCALL
Chair, Dept. of Foreign Languages
Western Illinois University
Macomb, IL, 61455, USA
e-mail: AP-...@wiu.edu; website: http://www.andrewlian.com
Phone: +1 (309) 298-1558; Fax: +1 (309) 298-1060
We don't see things as they are, we see things as we are. (Anaïs Nin)
The universe is made up of stories, not atoms (Muriel Rukeyser)
When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change
(Max Planck)
EDTECH Editor-Jones
Matt and Sean,
Matt, thanks for the tip to http://edu20.org . I've registered and it looks,
as you say, as robust as Moodle and without the server admin headaches.
My only reservation before giving it time: stability, up-time, speed, basic
reliability. Have you been using it for long?
Sean: I run my own self-hosted Wordpress install and love it as a blog, but
I'm not aware of it being anywhere near ideal for full hybrid or elearning
-- quizzes, forums, etc. Last I checked, Wordpress.com doesn't allow users
to instal WP plugins, as that's only for self-hosters. IMHO, I'd seek a more
versatile tool than Wordpress.com for a CMS -- though I plan to link
small-group Wordpress.com blogs to the homepage of whatever CMS I choose
(right now Ning, maybe edu20.org if it passes the reliability test, since it
allows quizzes and things Ning does not allow).
I don't want my students to blog in a walled garden; but I do want a
platform, walls or none, that allows richer assessment options than a blog.
So I'm looking to use both.
Best,
Clay Burell
HS History Teacher
Singapore American School
http://beyond-school.org
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Clay Burell
Beyond School: http://beyond-school.org
Skype: cburell | Twitter: cburell | AIM: caburell
EDTECH Editor-Jones
Nope. Edu20 is an alternative to wordpress. It is a free learning
management system. I've been using it for two years - and it's great.
Matt.
> From: A-P. Lian <andre...@andrewlian.com>
>
> Hi Matt
>
> Are you saying that edu2.0 is actually wordpress with add-ons?
>
> All the best
> Andrew
>
>
>
> Professor Dr Andrew Lian
> Vice-President of AsiaCALL
> Chair, Dept. of Foreign Languages
> Western Illinois University
> Macomb, IL, 61455, USA
> e-mail: AP-...@wiu.edu; website: http://www.andrewlian.com
> Phone: +1 (309) 298-1558; Fax: +1 (309) 298-1060
>
> We don't see things as they are, we see things as we are. (Anaïs Nin)
> The universe is made up of stories, not atoms (Muriel Rukeyser)
>
> When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change
> (Max Planck)
>
--
Matt Henchen
EDTECH Editor-Jones
Clay:
You might touch base with Daniel Rezac, who waxes rhapsodic about Edu20.org
in this blog entry:
http://www.drezac.com/2009/02/using-free-lms-case-study-for-edu20org.html
He also has a fascinating, impassioned appeal here:
http://www.drezac.com/2009/03/cloud-computing-k-12-schools-white.html
You can tweet him at "drezac"
Come to the dark side,
Miguel Guhlin
Phone: 210-617-3330
Email - mgu...@gmail.com
Blog: http://mguhlin.org
Portfolio: http://mguhlin.net
> Clay Burell
> Beyond School: http://beyond-school.org
> Skype: cburell | Twitter: cburell | AIM: caburell
>
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