If you are an teacher and you would like to use a WordPress blogging site as a site for a course, you can install the Scholarpress plug-in available at ScholarPress Courseware.
Here is the description of what is available with their plug-in:
“As of version 1.0, ScholarPress Courseware gives you the ability to create entries in a schedule in the Schedule page, add items of various media to a bibliography in the Bibliography page, and assign those bibliography items to read (or create other types of assignments) in the Assignments page, and edit your course information in the Course Info page.”
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