You don't know what you don't know - How to design for Drupal

This session is for designers who are new, or moderately new to Drupal. During this session, we'll explore common user centered design methodologies and map them to architecting an experience in Drupal.

By the end of this session, you will have a solid grasp of:
- Why you might use Drupal over Wordpress or Joomla
- Installing Drupal locally without technical knowledge. Alternatively, using Acquia Garden as your base.
- Drupal's features and major add-ons. What's possible in Drupal and how would you go about defining it.
- Using Drupal's speed to your advantage and building out rapid, testable prototypes
- Making Drupal appear the way you want to (by page, by widget (block), or by user. Contrasting Drupal's theming layer to competitor tools like
- Designer resources to draw upon (e.g theming sites, screencast learning sites, etc).