The cool thing about BuddyPress is that it lets you add a sidebar widget to show who is online right now as well. It works great if you’re using the default buddypress theme, but if you’re using a different theme, it may show your users in a single vertical list. Not very pretty. Here’s the… Continue reading Fixing the BuddyPress Who’s Online Avatar to show people horizontally instead of vertically
Use the Jetpack WordPress plug-in to find out who is reading your student blogs
One of the coolest things about having students blog in the classroom is that they are writing for an authentic purpose. If your students have a public blog, teachers, classmates, friends and family overseas, and the entire world can read their words. I find my students are excited knowing that other people are reading their… Continue reading Use the Jetpack WordPress plug-in to find out who is reading your student blogs
WordPress Premium Thesis theme gives your students more control over their student blogs
This post is not for everybody. In fact, over 95% of teachers don’t need to read this post. It’s certainly not for the teacher who is just starting to blog with their students. If you’re thinking about starting a class website next year, read this post about how to make a class website. (If you’re… Continue reading WordPress Premium Thesis theme gives your students more control over their student blogs
Using a WordPress Moderation plug-in to help cut down on inappropriate content on student blogs
If your students blog in the classroom, there are two basic ways to make sure their writing is appropriate. There are pros and cons to both methods. Method #1: Students do not have publishing rights. The teacher moderates everything and nothing gets published without teacher approval. This means the teacher is the bottleneck to the… Continue reading Using a WordPress Moderation plug-in to help cut down on inappropriate content on student blogs
How to protect your students from inappropriate comments getting left on their student blogs
Student blogging can be a lot of fun, but as a teacher, you need to be thinking about student privacy. Yes, it’s fun to let your students create and administer their own blogs. This can be a great media literacy lesson were your students create a variety of media text (i.e. websites) for different purposes… Continue reading How to protect your students from inappropriate comments getting left on their student blogs
How To Add Widgets To Your Blog’s Sidebar
Log into your blog. Click on the down arrow beside Appearance. Click on Widgets. Choose a widget (i.e. the Meta box). Click and drag it to the right sidebar. Change the title if you want and click save. Choose another widget (i.e. Recent Posts). Click and drag it to your sidebar. Change the title if… Continue reading How To Add Widgets To Your Blog’s Sidebar
How To Change The Theme Of Your Blog
Log into your blog. Click on the down arrow beside Appearance. Click on Themes. Try a theme out by clicking on the preview image. If you don’t like the theme, click on the X in the top-left corner. Try another theme. When you find a theme you like, click on Activate Theme (found at the… Continue reading How To Change The Theme Of Your Blog
How To Change The Title Of Your Blog
Log in to your blog. Click on the down arrow beside Settings. Click on General Change the Title of your blog Change the tagline of your blog Click Save Changes. View your blog by clicking the title in the top-left corner. Watch the video:
Keep Students from Logging in to your Class Website from Home
Blogging in the classroom is great, but there are times when you don’t want your students working from home. Block access to the site administration (wp-admin) of your multisite WordPress installation.
How to make a blog, class website or online school community
educircles.org is an example of what your class website or school website could look like using WordPress. Click around and see if this is something that you would like to do for your students.