This 3 hour workshop will focus on basic WordPress settings and features for both users of the installed version of WordPress (WordPress.org) and the WordPress.com hosted version. This is a hands-on workshop where students will work on their own WordPress account. Attendees will learn about the different settings under the General, Writing, Reading, and Privacy tabs in WordPress, how to find and upload themes, how to create your blog page, create your first blog post and manage comments from readers, add additional pages to use WordPress as a website, how to embed images, video and other media in your posts and pages, how to add users and set user permissions, how to add Widgets to sidebars.
