Introduction to PDS Online TeacherPress through OCPS.

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2. LG and Scale
http://teacherpress.ocps.net/example/
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3. What is WordPress?
A publishing platform created by Matt Mullenweg
●A blog but much more
●An eMagazine
●An advanced website
●Place to host an event
●Whatever you want it to be…
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4. Getting an Account
In order for us to create your TeacherPress account you
must complete the following steps:
1. Login to http://teacherpress.ocps.net using your
personnel number as your username and your current
password for email as your password.
2. Click on the Site Request Tab (or Link)
3. Fill out the form and submit
4. Wait a day or 2 and you will be sent an email with a link
5. Follow the link in the email to connect your Site to the
User.
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5. Gathering Assets
● Pen Drive – make a folder
● Find pictures, documents etc. you want to use in your
site and copy them into that folder
○ Creative Commons
○ Google with Advanced Search
○ Pics4learning
● Copyright Guidelines
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6. Toolbar
Let’s you quickly access
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○Dashboard
○Site
○Common Actions
○Profile
○Search
Changes with Site and Dashboards
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7. Front End:
what the public sees
Back End:
Dashboard
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Writes articles
Posts photos and videos
Moderates Comments
Controls Look and
functionality of site
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8. Front End
Home Page
with 2011 Theme,
a single post and
single comment
●Sample page
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9. Back End
Dashboard
with Welcome
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10. Dashboard
is your landing page
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11. Screen Options
Uncheck items to simplify
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12. Settings
Privacy- site visibility = block search
engines or not
●General- Title,
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● tagline,
● email should be OCPS
● time zone – New York
Simple Social Buttons – place them or
don’t show
●Profile – Dashboard > Users
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Edit Profile
Edit Settings
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13. Themes
Tons of themes available that change look of site
●Not all themes have all the options
●More will be added
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Please, do not
change your
theme right
away.
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14. Posts Vs. Pages
Posts
Pages
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Static content
●Individual
●Site information
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Time-based material
●Related information
●Need to be organized
Post 1
Comment
Post 2
Comment
Comment
Comment
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15. Posts
Index based on
Publishing date –
(required)
●Author – (required)
●Category – (required )
buckets you put things in
●Tags – (optional)
relational to other items
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Presentation
Reverse chronological
●Categorical – so you can
search
●Break points – continued
when click link
●Featured images –
thumbnail next to short
version of post
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16. Create a Post
Give it a title
●Notice the permalink
●Save Draft
●Preview
●Publish
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● Visibility = Public, Password Private
● Schedule publish
Create a Post
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17. Other Post Elements
Categories
●Tags
●Post formats
●Excerpt
●Featured image – the theme pulls image
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Create
Categories
and Tags
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18. Pages
Presentation
Organized as
Static elements
●Parent/child relationships
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Home
Child 1
Grandkid 1
Child 2
Child 3
Individual
●Custom templates
●Dedicated URL
●No category or date
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Child 4
Grandkid 2
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19. Editing Pages
Convey information about the site
●Sample Page different templates from Blog
●No categories and tags, just content
●Simplify the look (remove Commenting on page).
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● Screen options > Check Discussion>
● Bottom of page, Uncheck comments and trackbacks
Publish to make it live. Update, Save Draft, Preview
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20. Page Templates
Using different templates can vary the
way content is displayed. (Page Attributes)
●2011 Theme has
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● Default
● Showcase
● Sidebar
Templates are theme-dependent
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Try out
templates
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21. Adding images
Add Media button
●Browse (Drag and Drop)
●Add Media window
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Title
Alt text
Caption is optional – it is visible (can’t drag image)
Alignment
Gallery connected to Post
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● Add image to Page or Post
● Gallery tab appears
● On Gallery tab, choose options > Insert into Post
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22. Media Library
Attached to a post or a page
●Image Editor (Edit Image)
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● Flip
● Crop
Add documents – when you add to blog, it inserts as a
link
●Add new, manage existing assets, see where featured,
and delete
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Upload assets
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23. Organizing Page Hierarchy
Parent/Child Page
●Create pages
●All pages, find Child page and select Quick Edit switch
Parent drop down to page you want it to be under
●Back to main Page and you will see it in a fly out menu
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Home
Blog
All About
Me
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24. Themes
30 + available now and more to come
●Different themes have different options for page layouts
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● Sidebar
● Showcase
● Default
Some are customizable
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25. Front Page/ Blog Page
Change the Sample page to be the Front page
●Create a new page and call it Blog
●Dashboard
●Settings > Reading
●Change Front Page to one you want
●Change Blog to Blog page
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26. The Events Calendar
Dashboard > Plugins > The Events Calendar > Activate
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27. Widgets
Widgets are independent sections of content that can be
placed into any widgetized area provided by your theme
(commonly called sidebars).
●Sample widgets
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○Countdown clock
○Calendar
○Recent Comments/Posts
○Text or HTML
Templates
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○Default
○Showcase
○Sidebar
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28. Links
URL outside your site – open in new window
●URL within site – opens in same window
●Link to post or page - permalink
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29. Ultimate Tinymce
Settings
●Ultimate Tinymce
●Adds additional features to the Text Editor
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30. NextGen Gallery
Gallery in Dashboard
●Add a New Gallery Button
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Upload pictures > select gallery
●To insert Gallery use icon on HTML editor toolbar
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31. Things to do:
Create a blog post sharing a link with your class.
●Create a homepage that has a title, at least one graphic, a link to your
OCPS email address and a link to your school’s website.
●Create a syllabus page that has your classroom procedures, grading
policies, and course description/major topics covered.
●Create a student page with a teacher created technology integration
activity and at least five appropriate websites for your students.
●Create a parent communication page with five links that are appropriate
parent resources.
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32. An OCPS version of WordPress
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Component #: 3003025
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