University Blog

• Homepage of the WordPress Blog showing custom flag indicators
• Student blog entry example
• Filtered list of students blogging from a single location.

Problem:
College officials for a first year study abroad program observed uneven bonding experiences amongst the cohort participants across the various locales, inadvertently required excessive, duplicate reporting of students, and saw little to no interaction and peer learning across program participant's experiences. They sought communication tools that could help address these issues.

Solution:
GreenFerret delivered a "write once" strategy that appealed to students within a "deliver broadly" solution that enabled parents, school officials, and other students to all learn about an individual's experience. GreenFerret used WordPress as the foundation technology, then customized it to fit the needs of the program. WordPress, an open source blogging software application, provides a free usage license and permission for customizations. Part of the customization included displaying a quickly identifiable flag logo on summary listing pages based on a locale value added to the user profile.