One Size Fits None: Say Goodbye To Distributions, and Hello To "OpenEDU"

You've got a Higher Ed website(s) or web platform, and you want to move to Drupal, or extend your current Drupal implementation. There's lots of Drupal EDU distributions out there, and you may even be using one of them. But you, as a single site, multiple site or unified higher education website owner still have unique needs. You might find yourself having to make trade-offs, piece together solutions or customize to the point that a Distribution might as well be a customized site built from scratch. With OpenEDU, you can get the best of both worlds!

Rather than having to choose between a Distribution or Custom Site Build, OpenEDU's flexible suite of modules, features and configurations can be used together, in piecemeal or leveraged on their own - AND - you can use OpenEDU's features with any new or existing Drupal site or Distribution.

Features Include:

- Robust and flexible publishing functionality: Pre-populated with common content types and features like news listings, event calendars, profiles, etc so you can focus on what's important: content.
- Customizable "locked-down" branding and design options: Create a unified look and feel across your site network, while still giving departments and other site owners significant flexibility over color schemes, layouts and graphics.
- Content Syndication: Publish content once and re-use it across all or some of your websites. Share news, rich media, events and other information across some or all of your sites from one convenient location.
- Single Sign On Service: Users log in once across all of your institution’s websites, while individual granular control over permissions still keep users out of sites where they shouldn't have access.
- Rapid Site Deployment: Your team can deploy new pre-configured sites in a matter of minutes not days.

Currently running Portland State University's entire web platform (http://www.pdx.edu: live on over 200 websites and counting!), and with more Higher Ed releases on the way, OpenEDU is basis or framework for one site, multiple sites or your entire web platform. OpenEDU is highly modular and its many features can be integrated into existing Drupal platforms or websites.

Questions Answered By This Session:

- Why would I use OpenEDU vs. a traditional Drupal distribution like OpenScholar or OpenAcademy?
- How can I create a new site or web platform using OpenEDU?
- Why do modular and feature-based solutions like OpenEDU make good sense for the future of my current or new Drupal website or platform?
- How can I add some or all OpenEDU's features to my current Drupal site(s)?
- How can I get involved or contribute to this innovative Higher Ed initiative?