ScholarPress now has a developer Google group (ScholarPress Dev) where you discuss technical questions about the WPBook and Courseware plugins, as well as contribute code patches.  Up until this point people have been leaving comments on this blog or sending emails directly to us — we want to open up that process a bit.  I’d encourage anyone who’s using and hacking either of these plugins to join in the discussion.

ScholarPress Courseware has been downloaded 460 times since its initial public release last fall. We’re in the process of updating the plugin with bug fixes and new features. In the meantime, we’d love to know what you’re currently doing with the plugin, so if you’re using it for a course (or anything else!) please leave us a comment with a link to your site!

We just released version 1.0.2 of ScholarPress Courseware. After several requests, we changed the plugin so that it works when all files are in a ’scholarpress-courseware’ directory instead of a ’spcourseware’ directory. In other words, when you download and unzip the plugin from the WordPress plugin repository, it should already be in a ’scholarpress-courseware’ directory, and you simply move that directory into your installations plugins directory. If you’re using version 1.0.1 in a directory named ’spcourseware’, you’ll just need to delete that folder and upload the new folder, and activate the plugin again. While we made no modifications that affect the database, as a precaution, we advise you back up your database before updating.

A few other additions:

• We added a calendar button to the schedule entry page, making it easier for you to find and add a date for a schedule entry
• We updated the default CSS that comes with the plugin, which helps with the formatting of bibliographic items on your bibliography and schedule pages.

We’re continuing to make improvements to Courseware, thanks to many folks who have offered feedback and have been willing to try the plugin. So, look for more improvements in the near future!

Welcome to our new website! ScholarPress is a developing hub for educational WordPress plugins – bridging the gap between technology and pedagogy. At our launch we have two plugins that work independently, but can be combined together.

Courseware
Courseware enables you to manage a class with a WordPress blog, including a schedule, bibliography, assignments, and other course information.

WPBook
WPBook works with the Facebook Development platform to create a Facebook Application (addable by users within the site) using a Wordpress blog.

It’s possible to use these together, as Jeremy has done for his History 120 class. Check it out. Subscribe to our blog to stay up to date with future releases, and updates. We have some cool plans for the future!