jdub233

Danny Crews

carlosesilva

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.

Mike Burns

Andrew Bauer

Inderpreet Singh

gannondigital

clrux

BU Slideshow is a plugin for creating and managing image-based slideshows. It is designed to be simple enough for any site admin to use, and powerful enough to meet the needs of designers. The plugin has many optional functions that make it flexible enough for a variety of uses: slideshows, photo rotations, feature card decks in the sidebar, etc.
<a href="https://www.bu.edu/tech/services/comm/websites/www/wordpress/how-to/create-slideshows/" rel="nofollow ugc">View full documentation on BU.edu</a>
<h4>Features</h4>
<ul>
<li>Drag-and-drop re-ordering of slides</li>
<li>Optional titles and captions on a per-slide basis</li>
<li>Set links on a per-slide basis</li>
<li>Six locations for caption positioning, also on a per-slide basis</li>
<li>Supports custom templates for slides, including custom slide fields</li>
<li>Supports unique CSS classes on a per-slide basis for advanced styling options</li>
<li>Integrated with WordPress Media Library for image upload/selection, size options, and image cropping/editing</li>
</ul>
<h4>Developers</h4>
For developer documentation, feature roadmaps and more visit the <a href="https://github.com/bu-ist/bu-slideshow/" rel="nofollow ugc">plugin repository on Github</a>.
<a href="https://travis-ci.org/bu-ist/bu-slideshow" rel="nofollow ugc">Build Status</a>

BU Slideshow

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