drupal

Learning Technologies is researching the web based content management system called Drupal.  We are looking to use Drupal as a hub for a collaborative website featuring forums, wikis, static content and a library. This story is a continuation of a previous story. 

One of the details we were going to research further into was the use of breadcrumbs in the wiki.  Breadcrumbs would allow for navigation of Drupal wiki pages in an intuitive manner.  After doing some research, I found that Drupal has this ability built into it in the form of the Book module.

One of MAF-LT's recent projects is to build a collaborative website for learning and technology.  We are looking to create a constructive social platform similar to Facebook or Ning.  However, we wanted it to be its own entity, and have features that were not readily available in those platforms.  After looking through different options that would have the requirements of a blog, a forum, a wiki, and a library, we came up with a few different options: we could create a site with multiple platform tools, using the best software for each requirement, or use a solution such as Drupal, that has modules to integrate all the requirements into one platform.  We decided to research options for Drupal, to see if it would meet our requirements.  Read on for more information about our research into using Drupal as a wiki and a forum.

MAF-LT has recently upgraded its web presence with some new tools.  In an effort to help us keep information current, we have consolidated our website into a Content Management System (CMS).  An ideal CMS system allows for an easy way to edit and manage information.  After research and testing several different CMSes, we ended up choosing Drupal.  We are coupling Drupal with a LDAP database to help us to connect all of our tools together.  The main purpose behind this step is to provide a centralized architecture for our tools to plug into.  In the future, we are looking at integrating Single Sign On capacity to our website to help reduce fatigue as users navigate between MAF-LT's different online tools.