Campbell County Schools

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Campbell County Schools

• eClassrooms
• Powered by WordPress
• Linda Smith, Director of Technology

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What is eClassroom?

• WordPress
• (www.WordPress.org)
• Open Source (free)
• Blogging Software
• Blog Web Log
• Focused on aesthetics, web standards and
  usability
• Front end easy to use
• Back end database driven

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Why use eClassroom?

• Can be administered and accessed from any
  location with internet access
• Provides for communication between school and
  home
• Easy to administer and update

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eClassroom Uses

• Classroom news
• Homework assignments
• Classroom information
• Classroom announcements
• Dialogs with parents or students
• And much more

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Main Page User View

• Header (all pages)
• Site Title
• Author (Teacher)
• Content
• Ordered by date
• Up to 10 visible
• Sidebar
• Search
• Other pages
• Archives
• Links

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Teachers may

• Allow for moderated user comments when turned on.

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Teachers may

• Insert category headings and arrange posts
  accordingly.

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Teachers may

• Add and categorize external links.

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Teachers may

• create web
• pages for
• user viewing
• that remain
• formatted
• to their
• specifications.

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Teachers may
upload and then post pictures and documents.
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Teachers Login

• Username
• admin
• Password
• Keep this private!
• (Initially, randomly generated but can be
  changed.)

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Teachers may

• login as admin to manage all features of
  eClassroom.

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Teachers View After Login

• Use the menu links to manage eClassroom.
• Dont forget to signout once updates are complete.

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Teachers View Posting an Entry

• Place title here
• Choose a category
• Use Quicktags for formatting
• Type the entry.
• Publish to your eClassroom.

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Teachers View Posting an Entry

• Optional
• Allow moderated comments.
• Use Post password requires user to enter it
  before viewing page
• Do not allow pings.

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Teachers View Creating a Page

• Place title here.
• Quicktags allow for formatting.
• Type the entry.
• Publish!

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Teachers View Creating a Page

• Optional
• Allow moderated comments.
• Use Post password requires user to enter it
  before viewing page
• Do not allow pings.

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Teachers View Management
Use this page to view, edit and delete posts.
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Teachers View Management
Use this page to view, edit and delete pages.
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Teachers View Management
Use this page to add, edit and delete posting
categories.
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Teachers View Management
Use this page to view, edit and delete user
comments.
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Teachers View Management
Use this page to moderate user comments. You must
approve a comment for it to become visible to
others.
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Teachers View Links
Use this page to edit and delete web links.
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Teachers View Links
Use this page to add web links.
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Teachers View Links
Use this page to add web link categories.
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Teachers View Options
Use this page to change the title and tagline. DO
NOT change the WordPress or Blog
addresses. Membership is useful if only allowing
specific users to comment.
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Teachers View Options
This page is used to set up comment features. DO
NOT place checks in the first three. Email
notification does not work. Comments MUST be
approved. The last two are optional.
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Teachers View Themes
This page is used to set up eClassroom
themes. More will be added as time allows.
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Teachers View Users
This page is used to set up the admins
(teachers) profile.
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Teachers View Users
This page is used to set up administer accounts
and set up additional user accounts.
This feature is useful if only allowing students
or parents to comment on selected posts.
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District eClassroom Standards
To receive an eClassroom account, teachers MUST
attend a one hour workshop and sign an eClassroom
form. eClassroom sites will be monitored.

• Campbell County Schools eClassroom Standards
• By requesting an eClassroom account I agree to
  the following standards.
• Teacher's name and location must be in the title
  or tagline.
• Password MUST be kept private.
• Information MUST be kept current.
• All entries, uploads, links, pages, etc. MUST
  relate to education.
• The option for allowing comments on ALL entries
  should remain off.
• Comments on an individual entry MUST be moderated
  prior to posting in eClassroom.
• No student is permitted access to the admin
  portion of eClassroom.
• Additional standards will be added as the need
  arises.

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Address

• http//moodle.campbell.kyschools.us/wordpress/site
  /location/lastname
• Location cchs,ccms,cres,cline,reiley,gl,hh
• ccc,dt,co
• A page of links to eClassrooms will be maintained
  on the district website.

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Want an Example?

• Check out
• www.harrison.k12.ky.us and find the link to their
  eClassroom Journals (Blogs).
• Almost every teacher in Harrison County has a
  current Blog that you can view to get ideas.
• Enjoy!

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eClassroom Next Steps

• Upcoming Features
• Adding images
• Adding documents
• HTML coding
• More themes
• District eClassroom Administrator
• Linda Smith

• Attend a one hour workshop to gain access to a
  Campbell County eClassroom site.
• Sign the eClassroom agreement form.
• Receive your URL, username, and password.
• Begin working on your eClassroom site by adding a
  title, a tagline, setting up categories, entering
  links, setting up pages and posting eClassroom
  entries.
• Email questions and concerns to
  Linda.Smith_at_campbell.kyschools.us
• Watch for eClassroom updates, added features,
  additional themes, and advanced workshops.
• Keep your eClassroom site current.

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Credits

• A special thank-you to
• Harrison County Schools (www.harrison.k12.ky.us)
• Melissa Shepard, DTC/CIO (Melissa.Shepard_at_Harrison
  .kyschools.us)
• For presenting WordPress at the KATC Fall
  Conference.
• For allowing me to modify her training powerpoint
  to create this powerpoint.
• Thanks a Bunch!