For the final project, the WordPress Introduction class at Clark College was divided into teams to create a small business site on WordPress.com. This gave the students a chance to put into practice what they learned and find creativity within the limitations of WordPress.com. The small business sites are hypothetical, giving them a chance to use their skills in web design, content strategies, and WordPress to serve a variety of business “clients.” The business types were chosen from lists of the top 500 most popular small businesses in the United States representing potential future clients.

The following are the teams for the Introduction to WordPress Final Class Project:
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For the Winter Quarter 2011, Clark College in Vancouver, Washington, offered one of the first WordPress-exclusive full credit courses taught by Lorelle VanFossen of Lorelle on WordPress. For the final project, the class was divided into teams to create a small business site on WordPress.com. This gave the students a chance to put into practice what they learned and find creativity within the limitations of WordPress.com. The small business sites are hypothetical, giving them a chance to use their skills in web design, content strategies, and WordPress to serve a variety of business “clients.” The business types were chosen from lists of the top 500 most popular small businesses in the United States representing potential future clients.

The following are the teams for the Introduction to WordPress Final Class Project:
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