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Four Open Source Drupal Applications for Higher Ed
Bryan HouseVP MarketingAcquia
November 3rd, 2011
Drupal is Changing the Web
Open source, social publishing phenomenon.
Market Size [ 1,000,000+ sites ]Innovation [ 12,000+ modules ]Community [ 600,000+ members ]
“… is as much a Social Software platformas it is a web content management system.”
Real Story Group, The Web CMS Report 2010
Community Powered. Innovation.
Social
Profiles & Friends
(Micro)Bloging
UGC
Analytics
Groups
SocialTagging
Content
RichMedia
Workflow
Menus
Taxonomy
ThemeDrupal
Assembled Web Experiences
Architecture to rapidly “assemble” experiences from building-blocks instead of code sites from scratch.
Drupal core Acquia Drupal + recommended
modules
Solution Distributions
Who ?
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
Drupal Solutions for Higher Education
OpenScholar Faculty and student websites
Drupal Commons Internal & external community websites
OpenPublish Editorial publication websites
ELMS Higher education courseware websites
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
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
• Track participation via community analytics
Commons - Community Websites
• Deploy pre-configured, community sites quickly
• Foster self-organizing collaboration across diverse groups
• Create branded experiences that meet your institutionʼs 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 State
• Create a unique site per course
• Design engaging experiences with highly flexible theming layer
• Create and distribute course outlines & materials
• Integrate 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]
Drupal in Action at Portland State University• Migrated 190 sites
from Drupal 6 to 7• Standard branding,
with customization options
• Pre-defined theming & templates
• Syndicate content across multi-site deployment
• Partner - ImageX Media
Drupal in Action at Portland State University• Single platform• Easier to manage• Lower cost• Reduced complexity• Individual sites built
by department• Learn more @- http://imagexmedia.com/
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