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Table of Contents (22 chapters)
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Drupal for Education and E-Learning
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Drupal for Education and E-Learning
Credits
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Credits
About the Author
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About the Author
About the Reviewers
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About the Reviewers
Preface
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Preface
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Introduction
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Introduction
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What is Drupal
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Drupal—A Short Historical Overview
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What Drupal Can Do For You
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Drupal Terminology
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Taking Notes
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Summary
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Installing Drupal
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Installing Drupal
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Assumptions
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The Most Effective Way versus The Easy Way
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Installing Drupal—The Quick Version
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Installing Drupal—The Detailed Version
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Enabling Core Modules
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Assigning Rights to the Authenticated User Role
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Summary
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Getting Started
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Getting Started
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The Core Install
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Next Steps: Building the Foundation
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Installing Modules and Themes
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Creating Roles
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Creating Content Types
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Creating Views
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Summary
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Creating a Teacher Blog
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Creating a Teacher Blog
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Installing the Text Editor
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Creating Content Types for the Teacher Blog
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Sample Users and Testing
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Adding Sample Content
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Views for the Teacher Blog and Assignments
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Summary
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Enrolling Students
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Enrolling Students
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Understanding Roles, and Assigning Rights
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Assigning Rights
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Creating Student Accounts
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Customizing the Registration Process
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Additional Modules for Creating User Accounts
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Summary
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Creating the Student Blog
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Creating the Student Blog
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Setting Up the Student Blog
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Getting Interactive
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Seeing It Work
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Summary
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Bookmarks
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Bookmarks
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Assign Rights to Use Bookmarks
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Using Bookmarks in the Classroom
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Sharing a Bookmark
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Summary
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Podcasting and Images
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Podcasting and Images
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Getting Started with Podcasts
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Audio Module
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Configure the Audio Module
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Assign Rights to the Audio Module
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Adjust Existing Views
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Uploading an Audio File
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Using Podcasts in the Class
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iTunes or Not
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Images and Image Galleries
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Summary
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Video
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Video
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Setting up the Video Content Type
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Creating the Video Content Type
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Embedding Videos
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Adjusting the Student and Teacher Blogs
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Hardware and Software to Create Videos
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Using Videos in the Classroom
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Drupal as a Video Hosting and Processing Platform
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Summary
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Forums and Blogs
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Forums and Blogs
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Install the Forum Module
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Configure Forums
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Displaying Multiple Content Types in a Forum
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Assign Permissions to Forums
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The Relationship between Forums and Blogs
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Summary
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Social Networks and Extending the User Profile
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Social Networks and Extending the User Profile
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Identifying the Goals of Your Profile
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Using the Core Profile Module
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Moving Beyond the Core Profile Module
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Extending Profiles Using the Content Profile Module
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Building the Profile
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Creating an Extended Profile
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Additional Options for Social Networking and User Profiles
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Summary
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Supporting Multiple Classes
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Supporting Multiple Classes
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Install and Configure Organic Groups
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Useful Links for Organic Groups
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Adjusting Your Site to Work with Organic Groups
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Assign Permissions to Group Nodes
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Create a Menu for Groups
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Setting the Defaults for Organic Groups
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Creating and Using Groups
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Adding Group-specific Taxonomies
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Summary
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Tracking Student Progress
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Tracking Student Progress
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Getting an Overview of Student Work
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Using Code Snippets to Track Student Progress
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Using Views and PHP Snippets Together
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Tracking Responses to Specific Assignments
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Private Communication with Students
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Summary
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Theming and User Interface Design
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Theming and User Interface Design
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Basic Principles
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Setting the Home Page
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Menus, Blocks, and Primary Links
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Changing Settings via the Admin Menu
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Looking Under the Hood
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Backup, Maintenance, and Upgrades
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Backup, Maintenance, and Upgrades
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Setting Up Cron Jobs
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Backup and Maintenance Overview
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Backing Up the Codebase
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Automating Backups Using DB Maintenance
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Caring For Your Database
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Manually Backing Up the Database
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Command Line Backups of Core Codebase, Contributed Modules, and Files
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The Test Site
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Disaster Recovery
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Updating Your Site
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Upgrading Core
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Upgrading Contributed Modules
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Upgrading Your Theme
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Working Effectively in the Drupal Community
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Working Effectively in the Drupal Community
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Getting Started
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Researching on Drupal.org
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Asking Questions
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Giving Support
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Summary
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Index
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Index

Basic Principles

Two basic principles will guide our design work: make things as simple as possible by hiding unnecessary options.

Keep it as Simple as Possible

If you look at the Google homepage at http://google.com you don't see much.

And that's precisely the point. You're not presented with a huge number of options because the people designing that page have made some decisions about why people are navigating to http://google.com—they have arrived there to search. The screen is remarkably uncluttered. Nothing gets in the way of what the user is there to do: type in a search string, click submit, and then browse away.

The minimalistic design—with a splash of color in the logo—supports the main activity people engage in at Google.

To look at it in another way, there is nothing on the page to distract or impede the user from what they are there to do.

Which brings us to the second main principle of creating an easily navigated site: hide unnecessary options.

Hide Unnecessary Options

Frequently...

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