Revision of Syllabus for Introduction to Drupal from Mon, 2010-09-27 17:15

Learning objectives:
- Who is it for?
- Set personal goals
Activity:
- Read the Welcome message
- Introduce yourself & your goals on the Introduction forum
Recording of orientation video, with Heather James: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ub7XFT-rsRQ
Test connection & sound

Learning Objectives
- What is Drupal?
- Understand what this course will cover
Activities
- Tasks: http://p2pu.org/webcraft/introduction-drupal/document/week-1-tasks
  - Review orientation & welcome screencasts
  - Identify some learning goals: "3-5 features you want to learn"
- Discuss online: http://p2pu.org/webcraft/node/8692/forums/9454
Recording of Week 1 Online Session, with Doug Vann: http://www.viddler.com/explore/LearnDrupal/videos/1/
- What will this course cover & Introduction to Drupal

Guest guide: Salim of WebEnabled, Doug Vann

Learning Objectives
- Understand: "What is Site Building with Drupal?"
- Using Web Enabled environment
- Using CCK & Views
Activities:
- Tasks: http://p2pu.org/webcraft/node/8692/document/9771
  - Installing some modules with Drush (would have learned this in Week 1)
  - Setting up a sandbox testing site
  - Create a custom content type
  - Create a view
- Discuss online: http://p2pu.org/webcraft/introduction-drupal/discussion/week-2-discussion
Discuss in Webinar 2
- What problems people had
- How can you use custom content on your own site?

Guest guide: Doug Vann http://dougvann.com/

Learning Objectives
- What distributions are available
- How to access them from Web Enabled
- Distributions of Drupal: getting you closer to your goal faster.
Task
- Try out 3 distributions
- Try out Drupal Gardens
- Compare and discuss them online
- What services available from the companies who created the distros?
Discuss in Webinar 3
- What the advantages or limitations of the distributions?
- How can you extend them?
- What do you want to do with your site, would the distribution help?

Guest guide: Ryan Price of Drupal Easy http://drupaleasy.com/

Learning Objectives
- Using Taxonomy; Menus & Blocks to organize navigational elements
- Facted search with Acquia Search and ApacheSolr
Task
- Add taxonomy to content
- Add items to a menu
- Add an image field to a content type
Discuss in Webinar 4
- Questions about implementation
- How these work together

Guest guide: Tom McCracken from Level Ten http://levelten.com/

Learning Objectives
- What is a theme?
- How to make simple modifications to theme files
- The Fusion/Skinr theme set
Task
- Install and test a few different themes
- How to modify a file through version control
Discuss in Webinar 5
- Any problems people had
- Best practices for theming

Ask: Salim to ask Steph

Learning Objectives
- What is version control
- Migration from Web Enabled to local environment with DAMP stack
- Working collaboratively
- Backing up and maintenance best practices
- Work environment & tools
Task
- Backup your site
- Set up a local work environment
- Local environment, overview of tools on Mac + PC; and command line (via Acquia Drupal or Xampp)
Discuss in Webinar 6
- Demonstration of various developers’ work environments

Guest guide: Joshua Bruaer from Acquia http://acquia.com/

Learning Objectives
- Connect to the community
- Places to find resources and help
Task
- Locate either a local or topical group on g.d.o, write a post, or respond to a post
- Respond to a forum post on drupal.org
- Showcase! Screenshot a part of your sandbox.
- Task: Describe How did you do that? Blog or post on drupal.org ‘Post installation’ forum.
Discuss in Webinar 7
- Showcase what kinds of things people did in the course.
- Review of what is learned

Guest guide: as many as can attend!