Drupal Classroom Training

drupal classroom training

Open Source Training is the leading provider of Drupal training classes.

We have taught over 300 public classes in the last three years and have twice been selected to teach at DrupalCon, the main Drupal conference.

We hold regular Drupal Beginner and Intermediate classes across the North America:

Upcoming Drupal Training Classes

Details on our Beginner Drupal Training Classes

Do you want to learn Drupal?

Do you want to learn how to run a Drupal site professionally?

Do you want to get your questions answered by Drupal experts?

Drupal Beginner Training is for you!

Who Should Attend

  • 1 Individuals wanting to learn Drupal best practices.
  • 2 Business owners or employees responsible for their company's Drupal website.
  • 3 Webdesigners looking to expand their service offerings by providing Drupal sites for clients.
  • 4 Web Professionals looking to save time by learning from Drupal experts.

Subjects Taught

You'll learn how to build a Drupal website, from content and user organization, to working with modules and themes. The class will focus on Drupal 7 but questions are welcome on other versions.

Our teaching style is entirely hands-on. You'll have a Drupal site in front of you and will be actively working and learning throughout the class.

Topic
  • Part 1: Introduction to Drupal: What? Who? When? Why?
  • Part 2: Installing Drupal
  • Part 3: Navigating the Drupal interface
  • Part 4: Understanding Drupal content
  • Part 5: Managing Drupal content using content types
  • Part 6: Adding data fields to Drupal content
  • Part 7: Choosing and configuring modules
  • Part 8: Choosing and configuring themes
  • Part 9: Configuring and working with Drupal user permissions
  • Part 10: Building a full Drupal site so that students can practice everything they learned during the class

Pre-Requisites

There are no pre-requisites for the beginner class. We assume that all students in our beginner classes start with no Drupal experience.

Details on our Intermediate Drupal Training Classes

Do you understand Drupal's basics and want to learn more?

Want the knowledge to work with Drupal professionally?

Do you want to get your questions answered by Drupal experts?

Drupal Intermediate Training is for you!

Who Should Attend

  • 1 Individuals wanting to learn Drupal best practices.
  • 2 Webdesigners looking to expand their service offerings by providing Drupal sites for clients.
  • 3 Web Professionals looking to save time by learning from Drupal experts.

Subjects Taught

You'll build on your Drupal knowledge and get to grips with how to modify, improve and develop great Drupal websites. The class will focus on Drupal 7 but questions are welcome on other versions.

Our teaching style is entirely hands-on. You'll have a Drupal site in front of you and will be actively working and learning throughout the class.

Topic
  • Part 1: An introduction to the Drupal workflow for building a complete, advanced sites
  • Part 2: An introduction to Fields and how they add data and functionality to Drupal content
  • Part 3: Building more advanced Drupal content with Fields, together with additional modules
  • Part 4: An introduction to the Views module and examples of how it sorts and organizes your Drupal data
  • Part 5: Building more advanced Drupal layouts with Views, together with additional modules
  • Part 6: An introduction to the Panels module and drag-and-drop, code-free design for your Drupal pages
  • Part 7: Building a practice site, uniting everything the student has learned about Field, Views and design

Pre-Requisites

To get the most out of this class, you'll need a good basic knowledge of Drupal. Do you know how to create content and use roles? Do you know how to install themes and modules?

More Info On Our Drupal Training Classes

How long are the classes?

7 hours. We start at 9 am and finish at 4 pm. We provide lunch for students and regular breaks.

What do I need to bring?

Nothing. We provide computers, all training materials and lunch.

How many students are in the classes?

16 is the maximum. We aim to keep our classes as small, intimate and friendly as possible.

Refunds and Cancellations

Please read this article for a full explanation of our refund and cancellation policies.