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Drupal for Education and E-Learning

Drupal for Education and E-Learning

By : Bill Fitzgerald
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Drupal for Education and E-Learning

Drupal for Education and E-Learning

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By: Bill Fitzgerald
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Overview of this book

The book focuses around creating educational activities in Drupal, with lots of examples of realistic courses and classroom ideas – and how to implement them. This book is for anybody looking to use Drupal to support teaching and learning; more generally, the examples given in this book can also be used by anybody looking to use Drupal to publish social media. This book is not a developer's manual; you do NOT need to know code, or HTML, or CSS, to benefit from this book. People new to Drupal will find clear examples describing how to set up their site. More experienced Drupallers will find tips and tricks for extending their site, and step-by-step instructions on how to make the most out of Drupal's flexibility.
Table of Contents (18 chapters)
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Preface
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Preface
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What This Book Covers
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What You Need for This Book
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Who This Book Is For
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Conventions
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Reader Feedback
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Customer Support
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1. Introduction
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1. 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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2. Installing Drupal
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2. 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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3. Getting Started
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3. 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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4. Creating a Teacher Blog
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4. 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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5. Enrolling Students
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5. 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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6. Creating the Student Blog
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6. 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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7. Bookmarks
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7. 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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8. Podcasting and Images
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8. 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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9. Video
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9. 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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10. Forums and Blogs
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10. 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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11. Social Networks and Extending the User Profile
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11. 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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12. Supporting Multiple Classes
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12. 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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13. Tracking Student Progress
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13. 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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14. Theming and User Interface Design
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14. 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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15. Backup, Maintenance, and Upgrades
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15. 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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16. Working Effectively in the Drupal Community
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16. 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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Caring For Your Database

The database containing your site's data is the single most important piece of your site. It contains all of the configuration options you have put into your site, as well as the countless hours of work completed by your students. In short, it needs to be treated with care. Taking care of your database ensures that your site will run smoothly over time.

As you use your site, your database tables will benefit from optimization. This step, although not technically necessary in most cases, can help prevent errors over time. Optimizing tables can be compared to giving a car a tune-up, or with defragmenting a computer's hard drive.

Table optimization can be automated by using the DB Maintenance module, but if you choose not to use that module you have other tools at your disposal.

Using PHPMyAdmin as a Maintenance and Backup Tool

PHPMyAdmin comes with some useful, browser-based tools for backing up and optimizing your database.

Optimizing Tables Using PHPMyAdmin...

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