fredlawl

Bryse

WP Teacher is a plugin that allows teachers to use WordPress to their advantage by integrating course 
content into their personal website to enhance student learning. WP Teacher is built with easy-to-use 
features that will make his or her WordPress experience easier.
WP Teacher functions like typical blog postings, but it provides additional features to maximize student learning. All the features work 
together. The plugin is maximized for customization, which makes it perfect for multi-site WordPress installation.
Features:
<ul>
<li>
2 Post Types
<ul>
<li>Assignments
<ul>
<li>Document Uploading</li>
<li>Due Date for assignments</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Events
<ul>
<li>All Day</li>
<li>Date Range</li>
<li>Time selection</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
2 Widgets
<ul>
<li>Assignments List
<ul>
<li>Display X amount of posts</li>
<li>Choose a course category to display</li>
<li>Choose a assignment type to display</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Events List
<ul>
<li>Display X amount of posts</li>
<li>Choose a course category to display (That applies to a specific course)</li>
<li>Choose a event type to display</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
3 Taxonomies (Post Categories)
<ul>
<li>Course</li>
<li>Event Type</li>
<li>Assignment Type</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
Calendar
</li>
<li>
Plugin Options
<ul>
<li>Calendar view settings</li>
<li>Select Specific courses/events to display on calendar</li>
<li>Color choices for the courses taxonomy</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<h3>Basic Usage</h3>
This plugin functions like typical blog postings, but with only a few additional features.
<ol>
<li>Install Plugin/Activate it (see above)</li>
<li>Create some courses</li>
<li>Create some assignment types</li>
<li>Create some event types</li>
<li>Add some assignments</li>
<li>Add some events</li>
<li>Add the widgets to the sidebar
<ul>
<li>Set a title</li>
<li>Set a course category to display (or leave default)</li>
<li>Set a type to display (or leave default)</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Create a Calendar page</li>
<li>Set the display page for the calendar OR Add the <code>[wpt-class-calendar]</code> short tag into a page</li>
<li>View the results!</li>
</ol>
<h3>Calendar Use</h3>
Select a page to display the calendar on within the plugin’s settings OR copy/paste <code>[wpt-class-calendar]</code> to your calendar page.
<h3>Accessing Assignment Meta Information</h3>
To get the assignment due date:
<pre><code>$assignmentDueDate = get_post_meta($post->ID, 'wpt_assignment_dueDate', true);
</code></pre>
To get the assignment docs:
<pre><code>$assignmentDocs = get_post_meta($post->ID, 'wpt_assignment_docs');

$assignmentDocs = $assignmentDocs[0];

// return Array ( 0 => Array( 0 => Array('name', 'fileLink'), 1 => Array('name', 'fileLink') ... ) )
</code></pre>
<h3>Accessing Event Meta Information</h3>
To get the event start date:
<pre><code>$eventStartDate = get_post_meta($post->ID, 'wpt_event_date', true);
</code></pre>
To get the all other post meta:
<pre><code>$eventMeta = get_post_meta($post->ID, 'wpt_event');

$eventMeta = $eventMeta[0];

// return Array ( 0 => Array('end-date', 'time', 'end-time', 'time-mark', 'end-time-mark', 'all-day') )
</code></pre>

WP Teacher

WP Teacher is a plugin that allows teachers to integrate course content into their personal website to enhance student learning.

mdburnette

Classroom library plugin to catalog books and create a check in/out system for students.
Quick entry of publications: Using the built-in barcode lookup, you can use a scanner or enter a barcode to pull book details from OpenLibrary.org automatically – no API keys needed!
Visual directory: Use a shortcode to place your library listing on any page you’d like!

Classroom Library

Classroom library plugin to catalog books and create a check in/out system for students.

WP Teacher vs Classroom Library