Organic Groups and Views are two of the more popular modules on available on Drupal.org; however, they often go under-utilized, as people are unfamiliar with the range of options both modules provide.
In this session, we will cover how to use Organic Groups within your site, and how to use Views to display content within your groups. The content in this session will focus on what can be done using the administrative interfaces of both modules; in other words, all config, and no code.
One of the issues clients who want to build on Drupal as a sustainable platform face is identifying qualified Drupal professionals or making sure their inhouse developers get up to speed with Drupal in a reliable fashion. At the moment, there are several Drupal companies that provide bespoke Drupal training but there isn't a unified training curriculum that could be easily replicated and adopted for in house training and against which people who haven't had the time to gain natural experience in the community could be assessed.
The session will cover a number of topics relevant to the deployment of Drupal in education:
* Suitability of Drupal for brochure websites, course management and delivery, community building, and sharing of information
* Which versions of Drupal to use and the recommended modules based upon your needs
* Designing and implementing the right architecture to meet scalability and security requirements
