WordPress Explained in the Classroom

OSTraining Books in the Classroom

Here at OSTraining, we love to help teachers. We are web design teachers now and all of us have been school teachers.

OSTraining books are designed to be used in the classroom. Dozens of schools, colleges and universities use the books with their students.

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Do You Want to Use WordPress Explained in Your Classroom?

Many colleges and universities have adopted WordPress Explained as a course textbook.

Here are suggested details for a course based around WordPress and the book, WordPress Explained.

We’d be delighted to help you with review copies, and all the advice you need. Please email us!

Suggested WordPress Course Names

Introduction to WordPress.
Introduction to Content Management Systems.

Suggested WordPress Course Description

Covers basic content management system concepts. Students learn how to build, design and manage WordPress and how to implement it for personal and business websites.

Suggested WordPress Student Learning Outcomes

Students will:

Understand what a Content Management System is and how it differs from traditional, flat websites.
Select the appropriate server environment and be able to install WordPress’s files and database.
Successfully organize and present content in WordPress.
Select and integrate extra WordPress features.
Modify the appearance and layout of WordPress websites.
Understand potential threats to CMS websites and understand how to protect and backup such websites.

Suggested WordPress Course Outline

Course subject matter is directly aligned with Student Learning Outcomes. The number of the corresponding SLO appears in parentheses after relevant content:

Here is our recommendation for how the book can produce 10 course units:

Unit 1 / Chapter 1: WordPress and CMSs
Unit 2 / Chapter 2: Planning and Installations
Unit 3 / Chapter 3: First 10 WordPress Tasks
Unit 4 / Chapter 4, 5 and 6: Posts, Pages, Categories and Tags
Unit 5 / Chapter 7: Media and Galleries
Unit 6 / Chapter 8 and 9: Plugins and Contact Forms
Unit 7 / Chapter 10: Themes
Unit 8 / Chapter 11, 12, 13: Page Builders, Widgets, Menus
Unit 9 / Chapter 14: Users
Unit 10 / Chapter 15: Site Management

Suggested Plan for Course Units

For an 8 week course: Use units 1 to 10. Consider combining Units 1 and 2, plus combine Units 9 and 10.
For a 10 week course: Use units 1 to 10.
For a 12 week course: Use units 1 to 10 but add a class project for the final two weeks.