WordPress: introduction

About this course

The course introduces WordPress.com and self-hosted sites, covering how to set up a free WordPress.com website or blog and manage its content. Learners work with pages, blog posts and multimedia such as images, video and audio, then explore themes, widgets and custom menus. Teaching is delivered step by step through demonstrations and presentations, with each learner using a computer for practical work. The course focuses on the core tools needed to create and organise a WordPress website or blog.

What you'll learn

• Create a WordPress website or blog
• Add, edit and delete pages and posts
• Add images, video and audio to pages and posts
• Use widgets to add extra content
• Create custom menus for website navigation

Is this course right for you?

The course is aimed at beginners and involves guided, individual computer work alongside demonstrations and presentations. Learners should have basic keyboard and mouse skills, be able to use the internet, follow spoken instructions, read written information and discuss their work with the tutor.

• Basic keyboard and mouse skills are specified
• Some internet use is expected
• Learners should be able to follow spoken and written guidance

Before you go

• An email account that can be accessed during the course is needed to verify a WordPress.com account.