Drupal and Content Management Systems

COURSE DESCRIPTION

We will learn to build and maintain a website using the Drupal 8 content management system. We will get our feet wet with some basic theme and module coding. Most of the work will involve using Drupal's web-based interface.

COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES

Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to:

1. Describe the features and benefits of content management systems.
2. Create custom forms and gather data.
3. Install and enable themes and modules.
4. Create user roles and assign permissions.
5. Use taxonomies and menus to organize content.
6. Create custom content types.
7. Display content using views and contributed modules.
8. Combine modules and settings to create complex features.
9. Create a basic Drupal module.
10. Manage media for a Drupal website.
11. Develop workflow processes.
12. Understand the basics of Drupal theming practices.
13. Implement Drupal best practices in site development and maintenance.

The Google Doc embedded below provides evidence that I can modify complex content management systems like Drupal to serve as information portals and classroom content delivery systems. The example shows a custom quiz module that I created using PHP, and installed and configured as part of a larger Drupal site. Additional comments and explanations are provided in the Google Doc.