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Danny Crews

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BU Learning Blocks (BULB) is a collection of Gutenberg blocks and WordPress Custom Post Types that enable the easy creation of academic lessons. With BULB you can facilitate online learning by embedding self-assessment questions directly into your lesson. Creating and publishing a BULB Lesson is no different than creating a standard WordPress Page. The plugin provides two key capabilities that are not provided by WordPress:
<ul>
<li>A set of blocks that help you add different types of self-assessment questions</li>
<li>A way to order and navigate multiple Lesson Pages in a specific sequence</li>
</ul>
BULB is not a Learning Management System (LMS) and, currently, does not have typical LMS features such as scoring or timers. The objective of BULB is to improve learning and retention through in-line questions that reinforce the subject matter and allow students to test their understanding directly within the Lesson Page.
BULB questions are inserted into the lesson content through the placement of blocks into the page editor. The questions are added and articulated in the WordPress block editor and are saved within the Lesson Page content. BULB does not add any tables to the WordPress database.
BULB is compatible with WordPress 5.3.2 and above and the Gutenberg editor must be enabled.
Additional documentation is available in the <a href="https://developer.bu.edu/bulb/" rel="nofollow ugc">BULB user guide</a>.
Installing and activating
BULB can be installed and activated like any other WordPress plugin.
When activated, BU Learning Blocks presents a choice to install only the question blocks or both the question blocks and the BULB custom post type. BULB Question Blocks can be used on WordPress Posts or Pages, and on BULB Lesson Pages. If you wish to use the question blocks in your site content, but do not wish to create BULB Lessons, select “Install Blocks Only”.
The plugin can be activated and deactivated, no custom posts will be deleted. Deleting the plugin will cause all of the custom post type data to be deleted as well.
Development
Development takes place at https://github.com/bu-ist/bu-learning-blocks/

BU Learning Blocks

BU Learning BLocks is a plugin to facilitate online learning.

Gregory Cornelius

Andrew Bauer

Inderpreet Singh

Mike Burns

J. Tyler Wiest

BU Navigation provides key tools you need to manage large numbers of pages.
<ul>
<li>Replaces the built-in “Page Parent” and “Menu Order” dropdowns with an intuitive drag and drop interface for managing your page hierarchy</li>
<li>The “Edit Order” screen presents you with a holistic view of your site’s structure for bulk ordering operations</li>
<li>The Content Navigation widget presents a customizable sidebar navigation list fed from your natural page hierarchy</li>
<li>The Navigation Block provides a navigation menu based on a customizeable parent post</li>
<li>Add external links to navigation lists with the “Add a Link” tool</li>
</ul>
Additionally, themes that support the primary navigation feature gain the ability to display a primary navigation list fed from page order. With two lines of code any theme can benefit from this feature-rich custom menu alternative.
<ul>
<li>Display a primary navigation menu using the natural page hierarchy, eliminating the need for end-users to manage navigation lists separately from page order</li>
<li>Navigation labels give you the ability to vary your page’s navigation label from their title</li>
<li>Easily toggle the visibility of specific pages or sections of pages from your navigation menus</li>
<li>Customize primary navigation settings through the “Primary Navigation” screen</li>
</ul>
For more information check out <a href="http://developer.bu.edu/bu-navigation/" rel="nofollow ugc">http://developer.bu.edu/bu-navigation/</a>.
<h4>Developers</h4>
For developer documentation, feature roadmaps and more visit the <a href="https://github.com/bu-ist/bu-navigation/" rel="nofollow ugc">plugin repository on Github</a>.
<a href="https://travis-ci.org/bu-ist/bu-navigation" rel="nofollow ugc">Build Status</a>

BU Navigation

Robust tools for managing hierarchical page content in WordPress. Ideal for blogs with large page counts.

BU Learning Blocks vs BU Navigation