From 2011 CCCU Conference on Technology: Your website is most often a prospective student's first impression of the quality of your institution. Not only does it need to be visually attractive, but it needs to have all the features they are expecting — an online application, campus visit requests, cost calculators, online catalogs, etc. — and of course you need to do this on a tight budget. Drupal to the rescue. Drupal is an open-source content management system (CMS) that is robust and flexible. In this session we will demonstrate the power of Drupal, look at some pre-built distributions built on Drupal, and provide you with a list of resources to get you started.

12. Open-Source Content Management System (CMS) (GPL Version 2)

13. Mature Open-Source Project (10 years & 7 versions)

14. Strong Community (~1000 contributors on D7)

15. Core System Extended by Modules Styled by Themes

24. Academic Websites using Drupal Penn State University http://drupal.psu.edu/ Portland State University http://www.pdx.edu/ University of Prince Edward Island http://home.upei.ca/ Stanford http://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/ Brown University http://www.brown.edu/ Arizona State University http://help.asu.edu/drupal Yale University http://drupal.yale.edu/ Middlebury College http://www.middlebury.edu University of Maryland (English) http://www.english.umd.edu/ (Nursing) http://www.nursing.umaryland.edu/ (Biology) http://www.biology.umd.edu/ Ohio Northern University http://www.onu.edu/ Brock University http://www.brocku.ca Confederation College http://www.confederationc.on.ca/

27. Custom Content Types on Drupal

28. Custom Content Types on Drupal

29. Need a feature… Install a feature! ( or build it quickly )

30. Need a feature… Install a feature! ( or build it quickly )

31. Drupal is built for Search Engine Optimization (SEO)

32. Drupal has robust roles & permissions

33. Customized installations of Drupal ready to go

34. Customized installations of Drupal ready to go

35. Customized installations of Drupal ready to go

36. Drupal Resources to get you started http://www.drupal.org/documentation http://acquia.com http://drupalize.me http://www.lullabot.com (Podcasts & Videos) http://buildamodule.com http://mustardseedmedia.com/podcast http://www.drupalgardens.com (Drupal 7 as a service) http://www.buzzr.com (Drupal 6 as a service)

37. Questions? http://go.tyndale.ca/cccu