What is this site?
This site was built to demo the SPLOT TRU Writer theme. It works well for collecting student writing because students don’t need their own blogs or websites (or WordPress accounts) to publish their writing to the web; they just need to go to the Submit Your Writing page and fill out the form. Submitted work will then appear on the Published Writing page.
Go try it out!
What is a “SPLOT” and what is “TRU Writer”?
“SPLOT” is a weird name and an acronym for “Smallest/Simplest * Possible/Portable * Open/Online * Learning/Living * Tool/Technology” — basically, they are small specific tools, built in WordPress, to work around some of the limitations with collecting and sharing media within the LMS.
The “SPLOT TRU Writer” theme is named after Thompson Rivers University, where the theme was first created. It’s made specifically to collect student writing samples.
Examples of what you can do with the TRU Writer theme
To see some examples of the TRU Writer theme being used, check out the following:
- Sociology Field Reports – from Thompson Rivers University
- Travellers – a study abroad site at Thompson Rivers University
- femedtech.net – an open writing space for the femedtech network
- L21C Lawyering in the 21st Century – from Thompson Rivers University
- Arganee Journal – used for a networked, open courses based at Kean University