Hello Drupal

With hands-on training you'll get kick started in learning Drupal!

What is Drupal?
Drupal (pronounced drew-pull) is web development software written in a popular scripting language - PHP. Drupal has both a point and click interface to allow tech-savvy people to put together websites with no programming experience; and Drupal also has an API and framework for programmers to develop unique applications. And it's all free- it's opensource.

Consider a career in Drupal
Drupal has become wildly popular over the last 5 years, and there are many jobs available for people from a variety of backgrounds. This should be great news in an economy where students are concerned about finding meaningful, exciting careers with growth potential. Because of this, we're working hard to grow Drupal talent.

Drupal users include government agencies (such as Whitehouse.gov, US House of Reps), media organizations (AlJazeera, The Nation, The Economist) , not-for-profits (Amnesty International, World Economic Forum) and many companies who are realizing the benefits of open source, see more at http://buytaert.net/tag/drupal-sites.

This course is Ideal for...

Students exploring options for careers in web development, cloud computing and infrastructure, design, sales, marketing.
Career switchers looking to expand on their prior experience.
Self-starters who are curious and want to learn new skills that are in demand.
People with some prior experience with or knowledge of web development.

Pass it on!
If you're already familiar with Drupal, send this information to someone who you think might be interested.

Duration: 3 hours

Prerequisites: Knowledge of HTML and CSS preferable.

After the training you will be able to:

Explain how a typical site is built in Drupal, and explain the page-model in Drupal
Use Drupal specific terminology such as fields, views, node, block, page.
Determine what skills you need to develop to reach your goals.
Know where to go to find career opportunities in Drupal.
Articulate the various roles and opportunities available.

What is provided:

Participants will receive a printed manual which outlines step-by-step activities.
Please bring your own laptop computer.