Joomla Fundamentals

Joomla Fundamentals Course

Length: 5 weeks

This Joomla Fundamentals course is an introduction to the Joomla! Content Management System. Content Management Systems are becoming a popular way to build websites, especially for non-profit organizations with limited budgets and for internal company websites where the company wishes to give employees the ability to update content without needing to know how to code web pages.

Joomla! is an Open Source CMS, which means that it is free. Its popularity has led to the development of a wide range of extensions to add to its capabilities and aid in customizing it to fit the needs of your site. Topics will include:

• Installing Joomla!
• Changing the Site Template
• Adding Content to Joomla!
• User Administration
• Menus and Navigation in Joomla!
• Backing up and/or Restoring a Joomla! site
• Using Joomla! Extensions
• Joomla! Components
•Introduction to styling your Joomla! site

Who should take this course: Anyone who is interested in using Joomla! to create a website, or who is exploring the capabilities of different Content Management Systems. This is designed to quickly get even a beginner up to speed and with a usable site by the end of the course. No HTML/CSS coding experience is necessary for most of the course, though it would be useful to know when the course covers styling your Joomla! site. However, as changing the style of your Joomla! site is not necessarily a requirement to use Joomla!, HTML/CSS knowledge is not a prerequisite.

What is included: Step-by-step handouts, hands-on labs, constructive feedback from instructor on all assignments, and the ability to redo labs until understanding and a satisfactory grade is achieved.

Syllabus for Joomla! Fundamentals

Week 1	Intro to Joomla!, Installation, changing the site template	Preface, Chapter 1-3, Appendix A and B Instructor supplied materials Lab 1 (Lab will be reviewed by instructor when complete) Lab due: Friday of Week 2
Week 2	Joomla! Adding Content User Administration	Chapters 4, 7, and 8 Instructor supplied materials Lab 2 (Lab will be reviewed by instructor when complete) Lab due: Friday of Week 4
Week 3	Joomla! Navigation Joomla! Backup and restore	Chapter 5 Instructor supplied materials Lab 2 (continued) (Lab will be reviewed by instructor when complete) Lab due: Friday of Week 4
Week 4	Joomla! Extensions	Chapter 6 Instructor supplied materials Lab 3 (Lab will be reviewed by instructor when complete) Lab due: Friday of week 5
Week 5	Joomla! Wrap-up (components, styling your site)	Chapters 10, 11, and 12 Instructor Supplied materials Lab 4 (Lab will be reviewed by instructor when complete) Lab due: Friday of week 6 Quiz Quiz due: Friday of week 6

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