Project Summary
CampusPress is a WordPress-powered platform designed for higher education websites. Create and manage a website or blog using GCU-branded templates with pre-vetted plugins and blocks. CampusPress has grown from a single idea in 2005 into the largest and most trusted provider of educational WordPress hosting in the world. To date, CampusPress hosts well over 5 million WordPress blogs and sites for thousands of schools and universities all over the globe. CampusPress also hosts and manages the hugely popular Edublogs network and are the same team behind premium WordPress services provider, WPMU DEV. Powered by CampusPress, Sites @ GCU provides six flexible designs to facilitate site creation and sharing your work online. Sites @ GCU gives students, faculty, and staff the ability to build an unlimited number of websites, blogs, & portfolios easily at no extra cost.
Template features
- GCU brand standards, including the global header and footer
- Unlimited pages
- Pre-built pages for reference or to build your site quickly
- Modular page builder to customize content
- Pre-designed components available to streamline site creation
- Blog / news platform
- Media library
- Social media integration
Services Include
- Embedding of media (videos, widgets, etc.)
- Event calendars
- Forums
- Google analytics
- Google maps
- Image galleries
- Language translation (automatic/google and manual)
- SEO optimization
- Social sharing
- Wikis
- Accessibility ready themes
- Contact forms, surveys, polls
- Documents, media libraries
Features Include
- Hosting on our enterprise level network
- Managed upgrades of WordPress core, plugins and themes
- A curated list of available WordPress plugins and themes
- SSO authentication (Shibboleth, LDAP, CAS, Google Apps, etc.)
- 24/7 priority email support
- Testing environment
- Custom design and development
- Training services (in-person or virtual)
Before creating content, be sure to review:
GCU’s Web Publishing and Web Development Policies
GCU’s Policy on Appropriate Use of Computer and Network Resources
| Project | Sponsor | Oversight Level | Overall Risk & Project Health | Budget Rating | Schedule Rating | Scope Rating | Resource Rating | Issues Rating | Actual Cost | Budget |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CampusPress Project | John Kalua | Campus Technology | 10 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | N/A | N/A |
Status
The CampusPress Project has no deadline and is currently in the procurement process.
Risk Mitigation Activities
1. Patience
High Level Timeline:
• Groundwork Phase – Dec ’21 – March ’23 – ONGOING
• Discovery Phase – March ’22
• Purchase Phase – April – June ’22
• Adoption Phase – June – July ’23
• Testing Phase – July ’23
• Training & Go-Live Phase – August ’23
• Post-Live & Stabilization Phase – August – Dec ’23
NOTE: Budget does not yet reflect impact of schedule.
| Current Risk Rating | Descriptions and Scores |
|---|---|
| Budget, Schedule, Scope | The scales below are used to rate current performance on Budget, Schedule, and Scope 1 = Performing better than project plan; ahead by 5% or more (Schedule and Scope only) 2 = Performance is on plan 3 = Behind plan, but within 5% of original targets. For Budget, over or under spending within 5% of plan 4 = Behind plan between 6% to 10%. For Budget, over or under spending by 6-10%, and likely to use/using contingency 5 = Greater than 10% behind plan. For Budget, over or under spending by > 10%, and more than half of contingency is projected to be used |
| Resources | People with the necessary expertise are.... 1 = In place, or high likelihood of being available as specified in the Resourcing Plan 2 = There are some minor gaps in resourcing, but can be overcome with minor alternations of Resourcing Plan, with no significant impact on schedule, budget or deliverables. 3 = Somewhat in place, or struggling to perform, with moderate risk to schedule, budget or deliverables. 4 = There are gaps in resourcing, with moderately high risk to schedule, budget or deliverables. Mitigation plans in place, or will be soon. 5 = Not in place, or low likelihood of being available per the Resource Plan. Significant impact on schedule, budget or deliverables, without mitigation plans in place. |
| Issues, Risks & Project Dependencies | The scale below is used to rate current impact of Issues and other factors relevant to the project 1 = No risks or issues identified at this time 2 = Some identified but minor, no impacts anticipated 3 = Some that could impact the project are being managed, with minimal impact anticipated 4 = Significant risks/issues/other factors identified but not yet managed 5 = Risks/issues being managed but will have significant impact (greater than 10%) on project budget, schedule and/or scope |