Drupal in Education:

Current Status & Future Forecast

Marc O’Brien, VP of Business Development

PropeopleGlobal web agency in 9 countries and 3 continents

Experts in Drupal for education

200800+14 8414 135Full-time

employeesSolutions delivered

Years of experience

Running projects

Offices in 9 countries and 3 continents

Drupal specialists

Headquartered in the Bay AreaLeaders in Drupal

A Global Agency

San Jose, CA Campinas, Brasil Aarhus, Denmark Vienna, Austria Chisinau, Moldova

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Washington, DC Stockholm, Sweden Berlin, Germany

What’s Drupal?!

Powerful open source CMS!

Flexible and secure platform!

More than 30,000 contributed modules!

Over 1 million community members

Leader in Drupal Development

40+ Acquia Certified Developers (of 71 worldwide)

1 of 3 agencies invited into Large Scale Drupal group

Drupal Premium Supporting Partner

Maintainers of critical Drupal 7 & Drupal 8 modules

Experts in Drupal for Edu!

Competency center focused on education!

We work with universities and large secondary educationinstitutions in the US and Europe:

The Past!

In 2011, over 75% of websites did not use a CMS1

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Fragmented digital ecosystems!

Static sites on different technologies are difficult to manage!

Limited digital experiences for the users!

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1 from W3Techs.com

The Present 60% of websites use a CMS!

28.2% of universities’ main .edu sites use Drupal!

Used by over 70 of the top 100 universities!

Drupal use cases in higher education are many:• Public, content-managed sites• Intranet platforms• Social sites• Learning Management Systems

Drupal Users in Higher Education

…and many more

Stanford Graduate School of BusinessUses Drupal on all their sites:• Main public site• Secured intranet• Research library site• Alumni site (both public and

secure)!

The Benefit?All runs on a centralizedDrupal platform

Worldview Stanford• Public site - program

information• Private site - class resources

for program participants & instructors

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The Benefit?Provides content and toolsneeded for a state-of-the-arteducational experience.

The Future Continued CMS adoption!

New technology provides the tools for morecreative, specialized site functions:• Online classes• Tools for faculty• Student tools

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Smarter websites that empower site managers• Targeted and tailored digital experiences for users• Tools like Acquia Lift can be leveraged by schools

Prepare for the Future !

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Evaluate your current digital assets!

Identify your organizational needs and goals Create a solution that leverages the open-source power of Drupal

Thank you!wearepropeople.com