[wp-edu] Wordpress hosting with LTI integration

Wed Feb 4 07:23:29 UTC 2015

My favorite search replacement plugin is Relevanssi, but it doesn't index
media files.

SearchWP (premium, but inexpensive) does handle PDFs and has weighting
systems similar to Relevanssi. Its method of creating secondary search
engines (e.g. search limited to a custom post type) is more cumbersome than
it needs to be, and I've been struggling with it on a client project. In
theory, it also works with FacetWP (sold separately) to display filters on
your search results. In practice, this has also been challenging to
configure.

Wordpress.com VIP uses Elastic search. There's a plugin to help you
integrate it, and a NetTuts article if you prefer going down that road.

(I know the question was a month old. I've been sick and just noticed it!)

On Monday, December 29, 2014, Berardi, Richard <rberardi at georgian.edu>
wrote:

>  Good morning all,
> What search solution/plugin are you using on your Wordpress site? The
> default WP search is lacking. Being in higher ed, we use a lot of PDFs,
> which the default search doesn't return. I have tried implementing Google
> Custom Search, but I need it to work with the default search box - not as a
> widget. (I can't have the search box say "Google custom search" within the
> search box)
>
>  Any help/advice would be appreciated.
> Rich Berardi
> Georgian Court University
>
>
> On Nov 6, 2014, at 7:47 PM, Benjamin Harwood <bharwood at skidmore.edu
> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','bharwood at skidmore.edu');>> wrote:
>
>   Good evening,
>
>  As a newcomer to LTI and WordPress, which objectives are being advanced
> and perhaps fulfilled by such integration? Is the goal to push WP to
> provide analytics feedback in reports like the performance dashboard in
> LMS's? Trying to better understand how students and faculty benefit from
> this independent of where their data is hosted.
>
>  Ben
>
>  Ben Harwood
> Skidmore College
>
>
> On Nov 6, 2014, at 12:20 PM, Mcmillan, Scott <scott.mcmillan at ubc.ca
> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','scott.mcmillan at ubc.ca');>> wrote:
>
>   Hi David,
>
>  We run LTI on http://blogs.ubc.ca and integrated to Blackboard .
>
>  It's just a plugin. I think any host that allows you to install plugins
> and run Multisite you are good to go with.
>
>  WPEngine might be worth checking out?
>
>  -Scott
>  ------------------------------
> *From:* wp-edu [wp-edu-bounces at lists.automattic.com
> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','wp-edu-bounces at lists.automattic.com');>] on
> behalf of Hillary Meister [hmeister at gsu.edu
> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','hmeister at gsu.edu');>]
> *Sent:* Thursday, November 06, 2014 9:13 AM
> *To:* Low-traffic list discussing WordPress in education.
> *Subject:* Re: [wp-edu] Wordpress hosting with LTI integration
>
>   Hi David,
>
>
>
> From what I’ve been reading Rackspace does not support wildcat subdomains,
> which means you’ll need to use sub-directories for mu, but if you’re
> leaning towards them, ask about that. Other cloud hosting services I’ve
> heard about include Amazon’s EC2 (http://aws.amazon.com/ec2/) and vps.net,
> but this is only from what I’ve read and not from experience.
>
>
>
> h.
>
>
>
> *Hillary Meister, M.Ed.*
>
> *Web Coordinator*
>
> *GSU College of Education*
>
> 30 Pryor Street
> Georgia State University
> Atlanta, GA 30303-3083
>
> hmeister at gsu.edu <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','hmeister at gsu.edu');>
>
> http://education.gsu.edu/
>
> <image001.png> 404-413-8112
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>
>
>
>
> *From:* wp-edu [mailto:wp-edu-bounces at lists.automattic.com
> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','wp-edu-bounces at lists.automattic.com');>] *On
> Behalf Of *Grogan, David
> *Sent:* Wednesday, October 08, 2014 9:18 AM
> *To:* 'wp-edu at lists.automattic.com
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> *Subject:* [wp-edu] Wordpress hosting with LTI integration
>
>
>
> Hello WP-Edu-ers,
>
>
>
> We are looking at integrating WordPress more tightly with our LMS via LTI (
> http://www.imsglobal.org/toolsinteroperability2.cfm).
>
>
>
> Although we have our own internally hosted multisite instance that allows
> any of our users to serve themselves with new WP sites we are looking at
> cloud hosting that would provide the LTI integration.
>
>
>
> Anyone have any experience with commercial WordPress hosters and/or LTI?
> If so any info you have would be appreciated.
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
>
>
> David
>
>
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------
>
> David Grogan
>
> Senior Solutions Specialist
>
> Educational & Scholarly Technology Services (ESTS) Tufts Technology
> Service (TTS) Tufts University
>
> 108 Bromfield Rd
>
> Somerville, MA  02144
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