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WordPress Web Development (10 ECTS)

Code: TT00FD34-3012

General information


Timing
01.08.2023 - 31.12.2023
Implementation has ended.
Number of ECTS credits allocated
10 ECTS
Virtual portion
10 ECTS
Mode of delivery
Online
Campus
Karaportti 2
Teaching languages
English
Seats
0 - 1000
Degree programmes
Information and Communication Technology
Teachers
Virve Prami
Teacher in charge
Janne Salonen
Course
TT00FD34
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Learning outcomes

The goal of this course is for the student to be familiar with WordPress as a web development environment. After passing this course, the student will have sufficient skills to implement simple WordPress themes and plugins.

Content

• Installing and using WordPress.
• The basics of themes, plugins and widgets.
• The most common WordPress functions.
• Creating own functions and attaching them to hooks.
• Displaying posts and pages in a theme.
• Adding menus and sidebars to a theme.
• Creating custom queries for posts / pages and categories.
• Basics of responsiveness with CSS media queries and jQuery.
• Creating a custom plugin.
• Adding a custom post type and taxonomy.
• Implementing shortcodes.
• Creating a widget.

Prerequisites

The basics of HTML/CSS and PHP programming.

Teaching methods

Course is 100% online (self-study) course.

Location and time

Course can be done in own pace in Metropolia's Moodle environment.

Learning materials and recommended literature

Online

Alternative completion methods of implementation

N/A

Internship and working life connections

N/A

Exam dates and retake possibilities

Online.

International connections

N/A

Student workload

Depends on the student's baseline.

Content scheduling

Depends on the student's baseline.

Assessment methods and criteria

The student understands how WordPress works as a web development environment and puts everything they have learned to practice in the course projects. Both projects and exams have been completed successfully.

Evaluation scale

Hyväksytty/Hylätty

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

The student understands how WordPress works as a web development environment and puts everything they have learned to practice in the course projects. Both projects and exams have been completed successfully.

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