Chapter 6. BuddyPress Courseware

The BuddyPress (BP) Courseware plugin by ScholarPress transforms our WordPress site into a learning management system. This plugin provides educators with the ability to post and organize course content, assignments, bibliographies, and schedules. BP Courseware works by extending the BuddyPress group functionality. Each courseware-enabled group receives a courseware dashboard where teachers and students can quickly access and post course content. The BP Courseware plugin is ideal for managing multiple courses by the same instructor or for an entire academic department.

In this chapter we'll cover how to install and configure the BP Courseware plugin. Once the plugin is installed, we'll develop content for a sample courseware course by adding course information, posting assignments, grading student assignments, creating a bibliography, and managing the course calendar.

Installing and configuring BP Courseware

As BP Courseware is a plugin that runs atop BuddyPress...