1. Content Management System
Drupal
Content Management System

2. Learning Objectives: The Value of Drupal
Backend Look at Drupal Features
Drupal Modules
Hands-on: create Publish and redesign template layout

3. Drupal Workshop Overview

4. What is Drupal? Why Drupal? Is it right for you?
Drupal Workshop Overview

5. What is Drupal? Content Management System (CMS)
Free & Open Source
Flexible
Friendly
...etc.
Trivia: Misspelling of the Word Drop in Dutch

6. Why Drupal? Pros: Cons: Free & Open Source
Excellent Categorization System
Dynamic System
Highly Customizable
Helpful Community
Cons:
Steep Learning Curve
It takes time
Can be expensive to customize.

7. Steep Learning Curve
Drupal Learning Curve (

8. Is Drupal Right For you... Simple Blog - NO! -- Install Wordpress
Desire:
Flexibility
Dynamic pages
Other Future Functionality

9. A Look into Drupal

10. Drupal Site Username Password http://dpi.utsc.utoronto.ca/test01/
test01passwd
test02
test02passwd
test03
test03passwd
test04
test04passwd
test05
test05passwd
test06
test06passwd
test07
test07passwd
test08
test08passwd
test09
test09passwd
test10
test10passwd
test11
test11passwd

11. Navigating through Drupal
Site Settings & Configuration
A Look into Drupal

12. Interface Public: Drupal Logo Site Name Home & Search Login Area
Body (posts area)
Footer & Header
Administrator:
Full Access to Toolbar:
Dashboard
Content
Structure
Appearance
People
Help

13. Administrator View Dashboard: Offers a quick overview of site
Content: Add and modify content
Structure: Create content types, taxonomies and site Categories
Appearance: Manage theme and the site’s look & feel
People: Add users, determine roles and permissions
Modules: Install, enable and disable modules
Configuration: Configure account and module setting
Reports: Provides site information
Help: Drupal forum and helpful tips and links

14. Changing
Configuration Settings in Drupal

15. Changing Site Name & Logo: Changing the Site Name:
Configuration > Site Information
Changing the Logo:
Appearance > Settings (default theme)
Changing Configuration Settings in Drupal

16. Drupal Site Workflow Planning Content types Themes
User Roles and Permissions

17. Adding Content to Drupal

18. Content Types: Structure > Content Type Add Content Type Edit
Delete
Manage Fields
Manage Display
Adding Content to Drupal

19. Example: Literary Course Website
Book Title
Author
Image of Book Cover
Brief Historical Context and Description
Genre
Adding Content to Drupal

20. Taxonomy in Drupal

21. Taxonomy: Is a categorization system that is more organized and controlled.
Structure > Taxonomy > Add Vocabulary
Taxonomy in Drupal

22. Example (Cont’d): Literary Course Website
Book Title: Pride and Prejudice
Author: Jane Austen
Image of Book Cover: insert an Image
Brief Historical Context and Description: Placeholder text
Genre: Novel of Manner, Romance, Social Satire
Adding Content to Drupal

23. Articles & Pages in Drupal

24. Articles are:
Similar to posts: time sensitive material.
You can enter a: Title, tag, body and Image.
They are published to the home page and in publication order
Pages are:
Static pages, meaning content usually doesn’t change on these page.
Very Basic
Articles & Pages in Drupal

25. Modules in Drupal

26. Software, that extends and customizes site functionality
What are Modules?
Software, that extends and customizes site functionality
Searching Modules:
Go to the and search for the right module for you (overwhelming)
Use Google to find the most popular module
Examples:
Five Star Rating
Polls
Modules in Drupal

27. Before Selecting a Module, review the following:
Read the description
Maintenance & Development Status
The Developer
The dowloads rate and reported installs
Dependencies
Modules in Drupal

28. Installing & Enabling a Module:(very simple)
On the Drupal.org Module Website:
Right click on the link under Download
Select Copy Link
Go back to Drupal Site
Click Modules > Install new module
Paste the link in the Install from URL
Click Install
Select Enable newly installed module
Search for the module then check the box next to it
Click Save configuration
Modules in Drupal

29. Display in Drupal

30. Changing Display in Drupal: Content types Structure > Content type
Manage Display
Theme Blocks
Structure > Block
Arrange existing Blocks
Add new Blocks
Display in Drupal

31. Creating a Block Add Block: Give it a title Description
Add a message in the Block Body
Change Region Settings
Visibility Settings:
On a specific Page
With specific Content types
Users with specific roles
Display in Drupal

32. Roles & Permissions in Drupal

33. In the People menu
Out-of-the-Box Roles:
Administrator
Authenticated User
Anonymous User
Create Roles
Add Permissions
Masquerade
Roles & Permissions in Drupal

34. Creating New Roles:
People > Permissions > Roles: Enter the new Role
> Click Add Role
Creating New User:
People > Add user:
Enter the user name
address
A password
Assign them a role
Click Create account
Roles & Permissions in Drupal

35. Drupal Resources Drupal Community: https://www.drupal.org/community
Drupal Answers:
Drupal Groups:
Drupal Camps:
Drupal Cons:

36. In Participation with:
This research was supported by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada:

37. Drupal DPI Workshop Module by Mona Elayyan for the Digital Pedagogy Institute: Improving the Student Experience is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.