Joomla for dignity activists
1 Introduction
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Why do I offer this course, my goals
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What to expect after having followed the course
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What is needed to achieve the goals (prior knowledge, time, commitment to …)
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Which topics will be addressed
Articles/documents/links: curriculum page
Survey: collect self-assessments, student's goals, expectations, prior knowledge
2 Surfing the WDU website
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What happens when visiting a web page
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The client-server model: request-response
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Usability and accessibility
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Data security, data protection, access rights
Quiz: Internet, World Wide Web, Client-Server, URL, IP addresses, Internet security
3 From passive to active: Content creation
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Accessing the server, Login to the backend
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Exploring the Joomla backend
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Articles, categories, tags, modules, menus
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Joomla Extensions
Quiz: terms from the Joomla backend
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Presentation of the 'playground'
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Workflow demo: Create an article and make it visible in the frontend
Playground exercise: Students create a 'Greeting' message, which shows after clicking on the 'Greetings' menu item
4 Adding bells and whistles to an article
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Images, Links, Buttons, Headers, …
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Workflow demo
Playground exercise: Publish a blog article about a topic of your choice, with a link and an image.
5 Create a dedicated WDU section for a lecture/seminar/course
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Initial considerations about the sections' organization
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Extensions: Forum, quiz, video, …
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Preparing the content: Articles, documents for download, …
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Setup menus, modules, categories
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Create articles
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Workflow demo: WDU seminar example
Playground exercise: Setup a workshop section (separate category, announcement as blog article, report with video link and link to other files in the Activities section, module with a teaser on the home page)
6 Manage students
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When and why is enrolling to an event needed?
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Overview of Joomla user management (roles, rights, groups)
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Workflow demo: Granting students the right to access a course
7 Wrapping up
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Summary: What we learned so far
Survey: Self-assessment: Do I feel safe in applying what has been learned? What is still difficult? Which topics I like to understand better? Is content creation something I like to do?
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Outlook: What more is possible now
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How to go further, where to learn more
