Last week I decided to ditch ATutor because of its limited usability. I really wanted to implement a Moodle, because there are several teachers at my school who have and use these. For some reason, my webhost would not allow me to install the Moodle core build (too many files?!), and I couldn't find free Moodle hosting easily. So how did I move on? I implemented my first Drupal.
My significant other explained to me that the name Drupal signifies the way your files double, triple, quadruple, and so on as you adapt it to your needs. I was able to find many modules that will make my site successful. Now I'm past the installation phase (mostly) and I get to customize my web and add some content. It's exciting, especially to my inner geek, to tweak and improve the look and feel of my own web space.
If you have no idea what I'm talking about, look at drupal.org (or just about any website that displays php) and see what this puppy can do. When I first uploaded my files, my site looked a lot like drupal.org: blue menus along the top, some blocks on the side, nothing fancy. I'm still working with the look, but right now I have picked out a nice theme and I'm trying to display things I think my students will need once I give them access to their own accounts.
I wish I could show off the site itself when it is finished, but I think it will be accessible only to registered users I have created to keep my kids safe. Might create a clone, a development drupal, to show off and experiment with.
More to come. So far: Drupal is a lot of work, but you get so much freedom, I can see why it is so powerful.
Amanda writes to find her voice and to follow the footsteps to see where they lead.
It's odd being on this side of the IT conversation... where I have no idea what you're talking about. ;)
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