Site Builder: Content Creation

Overview & Purpose:

You will be given an overview of Drupal site administration, and of page creation and editing. There is an emphasis on forming good principles of Content Management and creating accessible content.

You will also learn how to create and edit Event, News, and People content, and how this content can appear automatically throughout your site.

This class is three hours in length, with a fifteen-minute break included.

Objectives:

• To feel comfortable with Drupal’s Administration interface
• recognize the importance of planning before doing
• recognize the importance of creating content that is accessible by a diverse spectrum of visitors
• to have a fundamental knowledge of how to create and edit pages.
• to be able to create Event, News, and People content
• to understand how this “dynamic” content can automatically appear in lists throughout your site.

Hybrid Classes:

Please Note: Classes will be held at Robertson Hall, room 040. Robertson Hall is the home of SPIA, located on Washington Road next to the Fountain of Freedom. Room 040 is downstairs, here’s detailed building information, you’ll find the Level 0 Department Floor Plan in the table of contents.

There is room for 7 in-person attendees, on a first-come, first-serve basis. Please email the instructor (veale@princeton.edu) your attendance preference.

A Zoom link will be emailed to participants prior to class. Please note: you must be logged into Zoom with your University account in order to attend class.

Materials:

Feel free to review the class outlines ahead of time. They are available in this Google drive directory. Please note: you must be logged into Google with your University account in order to access these materials.

We will be working on this website in class.

Requirements:

The class is hands-on in nature, so if you are planning to attend via Zoom, you should have enough display area for your web browser (for conducting class exercises) as well as your Zoom screen.

If you do not have access to a large enough monitor, please attend the class in-person.

If you are attending class over Zoom, it is requested that you leave your camera on if bandwidth allows.

Questions:

For more information or to request accommodations, email veale@princeton.edu.