WordPress – Yale CoursePress

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Overview:

A free and open source blogging tool and full content management system where users can create beautiful websites or blogs by using plugins and widgets and themes to customize a site. The platform allows users to both create and comment on others’ postings.

Features:

  • Create Posts and/or Pages with simple formatting tools
  • Provides built-in commenting for viewers to engage with the content
  • Insert a variety of media types
  • Create drafts, schedule publication, and look at your post revisions
  • Make content public or private, and secure posts and pages with a password
  • Can set multiple user roles
  • Choose from a variety of themes
  • Add additional functionality with plugins
  • Has more than 70 available languages
  • Export content for archiving

Pros:

  • No cost
  • Has CAS login authentication
  • Can allow non-Yale users
  • Content stored on a backed-up, redundant server
  • Yale ITS supported system

Cons:

  • Limited plugins and themes compared to WordPress.com selection
  • Need to add student rosters manually
  • Course site available for current semester, after which archived

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