How to Add a New Instructor to The Edly Discovery Site?

Overview

The Instructors portal on your Discovery Site allows you to manage the public-facing profiles, headshots, and biographies of your teaching staff. Registering your educators under a central directory makes it easy to assign them to various course runs across your catalog, helping establish pedagogical credibility and driving student sign-ups.

Step-by-Step Implementation

Step 1: Open the Instructor Creation Canvas

1. Log in to your WordPress dashboard workspace.
2. From the left-hand navigation sidebar menu, locate and click on the Instructors tab.
3. Click the Add New Instructor button situated near the top of the index registry page.

Step 2: Input Core Identity and Biographical Details

A clean, structured text editor workspace will open. Complete the following biographical information fields:

• Instructor Name (Title Field): Type the educator's official full name into the primary header field (e.g., Dr. Sarah Jenkins).
• Biographical Description (Main Text Block): Inside the central paragraph area, write a brief, compelling biography detailing their academic pedigree, professional background, past research achievements, or teaching philosophy.
• Designation Matrix: Scroll down to the structural metadata fields below the main text container to input their precise professional role or institutional title (e.g., Lead Data Scientist, Professor of Economics, or Course Author).

Step 3: Attach a High-Resolution Profile Headshot

Adding a consistent, professional photograph increases catalog visual appeal and student enrollment trust.

1. Locate the Instructor Image configuration module block on the right-hand side of your screen panel.
2. The central Media Library interface opens. You can drag and drop a clean, square portrait orientation thumbnail image from your local computer directly into the upload window, or pick an existing file from your directory rows.
3. Accessibility Compliance: Add a descriptive, clear text string inside the Alt Text metadata input box on the image options pane (e.g., Headshot photo of Dr. Sarah Jenkins). This ensures compliance with web accessibility rules for learners utilizing screen readers.
4. Click Add Instructor Image to bind the photo to the instructor profile.

Step 4: Finalize and Publish the Profile

1. Review all inputted text entries, title spelling, and photo alignments inside your editing view pane.
2. Click the blue Publish button located in the upper-right corner of the workspace.
3. The screen reloads, displaying a successful verification confirmation banner.

The profile is now saved inside the platform system database. You can navigate into your integrated Courses page settings block at any time to link this instructor to their corresponding course run page summary cards.

Modifying or Restructuring Existing Faculty Members

How do I edit an instructor’s background notes?

Navigate from your dashboard sidebar to Instructors > All Instructors. Locate your target educator's row and click on their text name link or click Edit. Implement your text or image modifications inside the workspace fields and click the Update button to sync changes live instantly.

How do I remove a profile from display?

If a staff member transitions off a course line, go to the instructor registry list, hover your mouse cursor over their specific row entry, and click the red Trash action link. This moves their profile to a provisional archive storage bin.

Note: Removing an instructor profile from WordPress cleanly unlinks their bio card from all storefront course display panels without altering any behind-the-scenes grading telemetry or student roster tracking data inside the core LMS.