3. Mike Richwalsky
Director of Marketing Services,
John Carroll University
@mrichwalsky | www.highedwebtech.com
Jesse Lavery
Web Content Coordinator,
Allegheny College
@jesselavery | (blog coming soon. maybe.)
12. Why WordPress?
Open Source, extendable, scalable and
hackable
Amazingly robust community of coders,
plugin developers, designers, themes, support
and more
36. LMS
LMS
ScholarPress, BuddyPress
Features similar to Blackboard, Sakai, Moodle
Private courses, groups, forums & blogs
Classes can be archived, materials reused
More user friendly than [insert LMS here]
Seriously, have you ever tried to use, let alone manage Blackboard?
Extendable via plugins
45. Portal
My Allegheny
Set as browser home page on every computer
across campus
News items go through an approval process
Most used page at Allegheny (by far)
Daily summary via email (via MailChimp)
Pulls in content via RSS
46. Portal
My Allegheny
Rotating banner: used to promote special
events, monthly “Wellness Focus”, etc.
Service buttons: many people don’t know any
other way to access their email than through
this button!
49. Job Board
Social Network
http://buddypress.org
BuddyPress Plugin Does All the Work
You control access, features, security
Esp. with services like Ning going pay only
Open source with a passionate developer/
support community
59. Job Board
JobPress
http://www.dailywp.com/jobpress-wordpress-theme/
Premium Theme - $79
Heavy lifting = done
Features: Front end submissions, filter by
category, time stamps, paid submissions, etc.
77. Books
Create a book
http://anthologize.org/
Create a book from your blog/CMS content
Publish in print and digital formats
Archive student & faculty blogs