Lorelle VanFossen to Start Teaching a WordPress Class at Clark College

A huge congratulations to Lorelle who will be teaching, possibly the first, WordPress class for actual college credit. Lorelle has been a long-time member and activist in the WordPress community. She has spoken at a number of WordCamps and conferences around the world and she has even written a book, Blogging Tips. She is also a columnist for the Blog Herald.

Here is a small excerpt from her announcement,

Beginning January 10 through March 20 on Tuesdays and Thursdays, this 10 week class (20 hours) is from 6-8PM. Registration is through Clark College. Contact the Clark College Computer Technology Office (CTEC), Reesa McAllister at 360-992-2106 for details. You will need the following when you call: Item Number 4538 and Course ID CTEC 280.

I am very excited for her and also excited for the students that get to partake and join her class, as I wish I had a class like this when I was in college.

Here are the details of what the class will entail:

• What is WordPress?
• How to setup a WordPress.com blog.
• Categories, tags, and content organization and navigation.
• Web publishing with the visual editor, HTML editor, QuickPress/PressThis, mobile, and alternative publishing tools.
• Publishing multimedia with WordPress.
• Content development and management.
• Introduction to basic core site customization (header art, widgets, etc.).
• Introduction to dynamic web page generation.
• Introduction to dynamic web design.
• Introduction to WordPress Themes.
• How to use Post Format Types.
• Comments and spam management.
• Multiple users and authors (permissions/authorities).
• Managing multiple contributors.
• Basic analytics and statistics with WordPress.com Stats.
• WordPress and SEO.
• Introduction to WordPress hybrid sites.
• How to create and manage custom menus.
• WordPress Widget functionality and customization.
• Understanding WordPress interactivity through trackbacks, pingbacks, and pings.
• WordPress feed management, integration, and customization.
• Integration of social media to and from WordPress.
• Managing a private or restricted access WordPress site.
• Introduction to WordPress Plugins.
• WordPress installation options.
• Troubleshooting WordPress.
• Introduction to WordPress development for employers and clients.