Schedule

Helping Faculty Figure Out Where WordPress Fits

Date: Friday, July 15, 2016
Time: 10:30 - 11:15 am (EDT) (UTC-04:00)
Location: Room A221
Format: General Lecture Session

Session description

Today's college faculty often finds itself overwhelmed, even confused, with the various options placed before them for storing and managing their digital "stuff". This is especially true in the Community College setting where a majority of our faculty are part-time adjuncts. Our adjuncts often face greater time constraints and outside demands limiting their ability to learn about, understand, and set up / maintain their own faculty web page.

At Lone Star College (LSC), every faculty member (full-time and adjunct alike) is given their own WordPress-powered website. Until recently, though, few had taken advantage of this. LSC is working to change this sentiment by educating faculty while providing new, useful features.

In my presentation, I will cover the usefulness of faculty WordPress sites and how we implement our strategies.

Presenter

Bruce Caraway

Headshot of Bruce Caraway

Bruce Caraway teaches in the Computer and Information Technology Department at Lone Star College. His course topics include general computing, computer programming, web programming and WordPress.

When Bruce isn't teaching WordPress to his students he is helping  fellow instructors in using WordPress to develop their own faculty web site.

Bruce also provides one-on-one WordPress coaching to external clients.

Sessions

  • General Lecture Session: Helping Faculty Figure Out Where WordPress Fits

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