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Course Agenda
Agenda and outcomes for the "Using Plone" course.
Outcomes
Students will be able to:
- Install Plone
- Add, edit, and manage content
- Understand the features of Plone, and how to use them
- Install add-on products for Plone
- Begin using Plone as their organization's CMS
Day One
- About Plone: What it does
- Installing Plone
- Adding and Editing Content
- Using Smart Folders: organizing content
- Structuring Your Plone Site: Lessons Learned
Day Two
- Customizing Plone's features
- Installing Add-on products for Plone
- Useful Plone add-ons for intranets, extranet, and internets
- Getting help with Plone
- Comparing Plone to other CMSes and application frameworks
- When is Plone a good choice?
- When is it not?
Requirements:
- Must be comfortable using a web browser and navigating the web.
- HTML is not required, though some basic web page familiarity will be helpful.
- This is a hands-on class. Each student should bring a laptop for class.