4 Open Source Drupal Applications for Higher Education

Four Open Source Drupal Applications for Higher Education

Bryan HouseVP Marketing Acquia@bryanhouse

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Your Institution Lives in a Broad Digital Ecosystem

FacultySites

University Site

DepartmentSites

Recruiting Sites

Social MediaChannels

University Publications


You Need a Flexible Web Platformthat Meets a Full Range of Needs

[sca

le]

Faculty & otherSites

DepartmentSites

UniversitySites

[complexity & longevity]


Market Size [1,00,000+ sites]Innovation [8,000+ modules]Community [500,000+ members]

“… is as much a Social Software platform as it is a web content management system.”

The Real Story Group, The Web CMS Report 2011

The Solution... Drupal

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Open source, social publishing phenomenon. Drupal powers > 2% of the Web.


(micro)blogging

UGC

analytics

groups

profiles / friends

socialtagging

Social

rich media

templates

workflow

taxonomy

content

theme

Publishing

Drupal

Community Powered. Innovation.


Who ?


Drupal Can Power it allon a Single, Integrated Platform

FacultySites

University Site

DepartmentSites

Recruiting Sites

Social MediaChannels

University Publications


Drupal Solutions for Higher Education


Packaged Drupal Solutions

Pre-configured, ready to use

Designed for specific use cases

Embedded best practices

Open, fully customizable

One-click install on Acquia Cloud platforms


Assembled Web Experiences

[ ]

Modular architecture to quickly “assemble” experiences from building-blocks instead of coding sites from scratch.

[ ] [ ]Drupal Core Horizontal

DistributionsAcquia Drupal

Pressflow

SolutionDistributionsOpenScholar

Drupal CommonsOpenPublish

ELMS



OpenScholar Faculty and student websites

Drupal Commons Internal & external community websites

OpenPublish Editorial publication websites

ELMS Higher education courseware websites

http://acquia.com/drupal-solutions




Open Scholar - Faculty & Project Sites

Create new sites in seconds

Turn features on/off with click of a button

Library of themes to choose from

Drag & drop layout design

Content aggregation and search across multiple sites

Invite users to site quickly

User-friendly content creation / editing


Open Scholar - Faculty & Project Sites

Simple tools for content creation

Improve collaboration and communication

Rapid configuration and rollout


Drupal Commons - Community Websites

Branded internal and external communities

Join and manage groups

Collaborate on shared content

Connect via activity streams

Create profiles, friend colleagues, award badges

Personalize dashboards

Track participation via community analytics


Drupal Commons - Community Websites

Deploy pre-configured, community sites quickly

Foster self-organizing collaboration across diverse groups

Create branded experiences that meet your institution’s needs


OpenPublish - News/Magazine Websites

Create social publishing news sites quickly

Manage editorial workflows and approvals

Encourage participation with social tools

Build topic tubs by taxonomy terms

Automate tagging for semantically rich metadata

Manage advertising with standard tools


OpenPublish - News/Magazine Websites

Deploy best of breed editorial websites quickly

Encourage engagement and participation to increase traffic

Increase revenue from media properties


ELMS - E-Learning Management System

Developed by internal team at Penn StateCreate a unique site per courseDesign engaging experiences with highly flexible theming layerCreate and distribute course outlines & materialsIntegrate rich media courseware Meets necessary accessibility requirements


Experience DesignBefore - in LMS After - with Drupal ELMS


ELMS - E-Learning Management System

Point-and-click site and course outline creation

Add rich media assets to courseware easily

Create engaging experiences to foster student engagement

More info:– Bryan Ollendyke, Penn State– Twitter/AIM/Drupal: btopro– [email protected]


[start!]

[ enterprise deployment]


Operate[ ]

[start!]

[ enterprise deployment]

Learn[ ]

Build[ ]

Deploy[ ]

Acquia is Your Drupal Guide



Drupal Solutions- Pre-configured to speed

deployment

- Creative freedom at lower costs

- Scalable, turnkey architecture

Acquia- Enterprise-class support- Suite of cloud services

- Drupal expertise


Thank YouContact:

Bryan House | [email protected] | @bryanhouse


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