WordPress.com

To create a WordPress website where you do not have to use your own Shared Web Host is the easiest way to get started with WordPress.

However you will NOT have all the capabilities in WordPress - but it is an easy way to start to learn.

Step 1. Go to http://WordPress.com and create an account

Step 2. Go to https://en.support.wordpress.com/start/

Do the following Tutorials - Create a Page on your WordPress site for each topic = 1 credit

AND / OR - Create a Page on your Google Site for each topic explaining what you did = 1 credit

Write up what you learned and/or Links to where you learned it - and how you applied it.

Students can choose which topics to do, depending on the # of points they need to earn.

Topics

• Writing & Editing

• Widgets & Sidebars

• Tools

• Social Tools

• Site Tutorials

  • Menu's

• 1. Create a Custom Menu https://en.support.wordpress.com/menus

  2. Organize your menu

  3. Save your menu

  4. Additional menu items

• • Shortcodes

  • Notifications

  • Media

  • Links

  • Embedding content

  • DMCA

  • Appearance

Build a Business, WebSite Tutorial https://en.support.wordpress.com/tutorials/business-website-tutorial/#creating-a-menu-for-your-website

• Choosing a Theme

• Adding Your First Page

• Editing the About page

• Creating a Contact page

• Creating your other pages

• Creating a menu for your website

• Editing Your Home page

• Selling Products on WordPress.com

• Editing the Widgets on your Pages

• Adding your Brand