Access WordPress site via UVACanvas
Instructors and/or TAs will create a WordPress site for you within your Canvas course. Each student can find their blog in the WordPress tool in UVACanvas.
Review WordPress overview in five easy steps
This video shares five easy steps for creating your own website, blog or ePortfolio.
A theme is your site’s visual design and overall layout. It controls how your website’s content is presented to a visitor. Themes include design components like color schemes, typography, page layouts, and other elements that create a consistent and cohesive appearance throughout the site.
Posts are individual pieces of content on a blog. Often referred to as blog posts or blogs, each post makes up the whole of your blog. This guide will show you how to create and manage posts on your site.
A website uses pages to display content – Home, About, and Contact are common examples of pages. You can have an unlimited number of pages on your WordPress website. This guide will show you how to create and manage the pages on your site.
Insert media into posts and pages
When creating or editing a WordPress page or post, you can easily embed many different types of media at any time using the WordPress Add Media tool.
A key feature of most blogging platforms is the ability to categorize and tag your posts. This feature is especially useful on the WordPress.com platform.
Your WordPress menu is the list of links that are typically displayed at the top of your site. This video will show you how to add and edit your site’s menu settings.