CONTENT MANAGEMENT LAB

Paper Code: 
DCAI 704B
Credits: 
06
Periods/week: 
12
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

This course will enable students to:

  1. learn content management tools to develop websites.
  2. develop design, presentation and communication skills.

Course Outcomes(COs):

Course Outcomes (at course level)

Learning and teaching strategies

Assessment Strategies

The students will:

CO111.  Demonstrate the skills to create and manage websites using Content Management Tool such Drupal and WordPress.

CO112. Experiment with different themes and modify themes.

CO113. Choose and Add modules such as blogs, forums, polls.

CO114. Compare Drupal and Wordpress.

CO115.  Design, develop and create live professional websites as per the principles of effective web page designing.

Approach in teaching:

Discussion, Industry expert lectures, Training and Workshops by Industry experts

 

Learning activities for the students:

Effective questions, Seminar presentation, Giving tasks, Communication, Writing skills

Assessment Strategies

Class test, Semester end examinations, Solving problems, Presentation, Individual and group projects

 

 The contents that will be covered are as follows:

  • Introduction to content management tools like drupal, joomla, wordpress, Working and importance of content management tools.
  • Introduction to Drupal: Download and install, Drupal Content: Blocks, Modules, Panels and Views, Architect the website. Site building without programming.
  • Creating and Managing Drupal Site Content: create, edit and manage an ongoing flow of content, from draft form to archived pages, using search capabilities in website, build new blocks from scratch, integrate blocks, reassign, reconfigure and deactivate blocks according to the changing needs of your website.HTML & CSS in Drupal.
  • Growing and managing users & modules in Drupal Site: Create users and manage user roles and accounts. Create, test and configure Drupal modules. Set permissions on modules; limit the use of certain features.
  • Customizing Your Site with Themes: find, install, modify and apply a Drupal theme, theme certain elements of a site, such as the footer or individual nodes and blocks, use a branded theme with a site name and logo, employ theming tools to build and manage themes more efficiently
  • Drupal Site Administration: back up a Drupal site with a minimum of repetitive effort, understand how to review log files, manage user account requests and check for site content updates
  • Introduction to Wordpress, Downloading Wordpress, getting started with Wordpress,
  • Terminologies in Wordpress- Posts, Pages, Widgets, Plugins, Menus.
  • Installing Themes
  • Installing plugins
  • Making a sample Shopping site with WordPress

 

 

ESSENTIAL READINGS: 

E-Resources including links:

 

Academic Year: 
2023-24
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