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2nd ed. |
| Description |
1 online resource (390 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover; Copyright; Credits; About the Author; About the Reviewers; www.PacktPub.com; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: Introducing Drupal; What is Drupal?; Drupal -- a short historical overview; What Drupal can do for you; Drupal terminology; Taking notes; Summary; Chapter 2: Installing Drupal; Assumptions; The domain; The web host; Web server; PHP version; MySQL version; FTP and shell access to your web host; A local testing environment; Setting up a local environment using MAMP (Mac only); Setting up a local environment using XAMPP (Windows only). |
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Configuring your local environment for DrupalPHP configuration; MySQL configuration; The most effective way versus the easy way; Installing Drupal -- the quick version; Installing Drupal -- the detailed version; Enabling core modules; Assigning rights to the authenticated user role; Summary; Chapter 3: Getting Started; The core installation; Core user functionality; My Account; Add content; Log out; Administrative functionality; Dashboard; Content; Structure; Appearance; People; Modules; Configuration; Reports; Help; Next steps -- building the foundation; Installing modules and themes; Files. |
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DirectoriesCore modules and themes; The sites directory; Steps for adding modules and themes; Step 1 -- downloading; Step 2 -- decompressing; Step 3 -- uploading; Step 4 -- enabling; Configuring modules and themes; Modules; Themes; Modules and themes -- a summary; Creating roles; Creating content types; Step 1 -- creating the content type; The Name and Description sections; The Submission form settings page; The Publishing options page; The Display settings page; The Comment settings page; The Menu settings page; Step 2 -- adding fields; Step 3 -- assigning taxonomies. |
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Adding a taxonomy to a content typeStep 4 -- assigning permissions; The result; Creating content types -- summary; Creating views; Step 1 -- adding a view; Step 1 (a) -- describing the view; Step 1 (b) -- selecting the type of data and filter; Step 1 (c) -- selecting a display type; Step 1 (d) -- setting display type options; Step 1 (e) -- setting the display format; Step 2 -- editing the view; Step 2 (a) -- adding fields; Step 2 (b) -- adding/editing filters; Step 2 (c) -- adding/editing contextual filters (optional); Step 2 (d) -- editing display format (optional). |
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Step 2 (e) -- setting additional configuration options (optional)Step 3 -- defining multiple display types (optional); Step 3 (a) -- overriding the default values (optional); Creating views -- a summary; Summary; Chapter 4: Creating a Teacher Blog; Installing the text editor; Uploading and enabling CKEditor; Setting the proper text formats; Assigning user rights via roles; Understanding roles and how they work; Creating content types for the teacher blog; The blog post content type; Adding fields and assigning a taxonomy; Assigning permissions; Hey! Why not use the blog module? |
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Creating the assignment content type. |
| Summary |
With clear instructions and plenty of screenshots, this book provides all the support and guidance you will need as you begin to create your classroom website. Step-by-step tutorials show you how to use Drupal in the most efficient and effective ways possible. People new to Drupal will find a good introduction of the basics; while more experienced users will learn useful tips and tricks for using Drupal in a classroom context. If you are an teacher, tutor or an educator who wants to build a website for your classroom, be it elementary or any higher education, ""Drupal 7 for Education and E-Lear. |
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Print version record. |
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Drupal (Computer file)
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Drupal (Computer file)
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Drupal (Computer file) (OCoLC)fst01781028
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Drupal (Computer file)
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Computer-assisted instruction.
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Educational technology.
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Internet in education.
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Web-based instruction.
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Web sites -- Authoring programs.
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Video games.
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Internet programming.
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Open source software.
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Web sites -- Management.
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Education -- Data processing.
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Web site development.
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COMPUTERS -- General.
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Computer-assisted instruction. (OCoLC)fst00872725
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Computer games. (OCoLC)fst00872108
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Educational technology. (OCoLC)fst00903623
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Internet in education. (OCoLC)fst00977246
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Internet programming. (OCoLC)fst00977281
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Web-based instruction. (OCoLC)fst01173272
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Web sites -- Authoring programs.
(OCoLC)fst01173249
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Education / Data processing.
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Web sites / Management.
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Web site development.
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Web sites / Authoring programs.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Robertson, James Gordon. Drupal for Education and Elearning. Birmingham : Packt Publishing, ©2013 9781782162766 |
| ISBN |
9781782162773 (electronic bk.) |
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1782162771 (electronic bk.) |
