Four Open Source Drupal Applications for Higher Education

Four Open Source Drupal Applications for Higher Ed

Bryan HouseVP MarketingAcquia

November 3rd, 2011

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

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Profiles & Friends

(Micro)Bloging

UGC

Analytics

Groups

SocialTagging

Content

RichMedia

Workflow

Menus

Taxonomy

ThemeDrupal

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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- bto108@psu.edu

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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