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Jen Riehle McFarlandMaking WordPress Work for Education
Web Services CoordinatorNC State University
@ncsumarit [email protected]
ABout Me
Jen Riehle McFarland
Making the web for edWordPress For HIGHER ED01
WEB in Higher Ed
NEWS
COURSESITES
STUDENTPROJECT/
PORTFOLIO
BLOGSONLINEJOURNAL
COLLEGE/DEPARTMENT
GRANT/LAB
GRANT/LAB
BLOGS
STUDENT PROJECT/
PORTFOLIO
COLLEGE/DEPARTMENT
ONLINEJOURNAL
COURSESITES
NEWS
Why A CMS?
• Store and organize content • Easy updating • Version control of content • Built-in indexing and search functionality • Separation of content and design
What CMS?
Why WordPress?
• Open source • Strong user/support/development community • Flexible and extendable • Wide variety of themes and plugins • Easy to get in, easy to get out • Simple user interface
WordPress Needs in Higher Ed
• Security • Authentication • Asset management • Directory tools • Calendars • Social media and communications • Flexibility
WordPress Needs in Higher Ed
Multisite/Multinetwork
Using WordPress for all the thingsWordPress at NC State02
Office ofInformationTechnology
•Array of situations and solutions
• Multisite environment for Engineering users
• NCSU homepage • Campus client sites
• Blog & Hosted Environments
• Campus client sites
WordPress use at NC State
EverybodyElse
College ofEngineering
Campus WebCommunications
WordPress Blogs
WordPress Hosting at NC State
Legacy Hosting
Web Hosting environment
Hosted WordPress
•Campus classic file system w/ database
•No new sites in this environment
• Annual fee • User-managed; WordPress one of several options
• Annual fee • Managed • Campus domain
• Free • Managed • wordpress.ncsu.edu domain
WordPress Blogs
WordPress Use Cases at NC State
Legacy Hosting
Web Hosting environment
Hosted WordPress
•Some colleges and departments
•ncsu.edu main site
• Major units and departments
• Some larger grants and research groups
• Lab/grant sites • Some small units/departments
• Some well-funded clubs
• Student project/portfolio sites
• Personal sites • Lab sites
Supporting campus Users
• General support calls • Clients • Other campus users
• Video tutorials • Office hours • Forums… eventually
Brand on Campus
Brand resources
Centrally-distributed resources • Theme • Some plugins (several tied into theme)
• Campus Brand Bar • NCSU-specific Bootstrap • Web fonts • Other non-web resources
Other campus resources • Branded themes built by various units • MOAR plugins
• Brand bar plugin • Cthulhu plugin deployment • Github Updater
WordPress Collaboration FTW
• Developer and support Q&A • Shared list of recommended themes and plugins • Shared/repurposed themes • Shared plugins and collaborative plugin development
WordPress Collaboration FTW
Building a communityWPCAMPUS03
Who is using Wordpress on campus?
University of Rhode Island, New Mexico State University, Georgia State University, University of Maine, St. Mary’s University (Texas), University of British Columbia (Vancouver), Washington State University, University of Alabama, New York University, Brown University, University of Birmingham, Iowa State University, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill, Rutgers University, Loyola Marymount University (LA), Dawson College, University of Wisconsin - Madison, University of Michigan, Smith College, Harvard Law School, Middle Tennessee State University, Villanova, James Madison University, University of North Carolina - Greensboro, Indiana University, University of Texas at Austin, Cornell University, Bryn Mawr College, UC Berkeley, Elon, Virginia Commonwealth University, Duke University, Lafayette College, University of Alabama, Columbia University, University of Nevada, The Ohio State University, North Carolina State University, University of Missouri, Boston University, Carlton University
This all started with a tweet
https://poststatus.com/wordpress-higher-ed-conference-wordcampus/
Primary concerns
• Higher Ed focused (at least for now) • Cheap, or very low-cost • Edu-related sponsorship • Location(s)
• Centralized venue initially • Potential for region events in the future • Interest in streaming or recording content
• Best time of year for Edu schedules
Topics of interestAccessibilityApplications
APIsContent strategy
Plugin developmentTheme development
FacultyFront-end design
InfrastructureManagement
MarketingProfessional development
Social mediaTechnology in Edu
UsabilityOther
http://wpcampus.org/
Preferred Time of year
Early SpringMiddle Spring
Late SpringEarly Summer
Middle SummerLate Summer
Early FallMiddle Fall
Late Fall
http://wpcampus.org/
get involved!
Fill out the Get Involved survey to get access to planning documents, learn about meetings, and share your thoughts
Get on Slack for meetings, introductions, and general information
Visit http://wpcampus.org/ 01
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Share your experiences…How Are You Using WordPress?04
Common EDU plugins
• Security • Backups • Authentication
• User Access/Role Manager • Membership managers
• File/media manager • Plugin manager tools • Cacheing • Reporting/theme & plugin tracking
• TinyMCE/table buttons tool • Social media • Sidebar manager • Analytics • Site/page/post cloning • Tag/category managers • Google tools (NCSU is a Google
campus) • Shortcodes
For your attention!Thanks
Jen Riehle McFarland @ncsumarit
