User experience and content strategy for Drupal

Drupal is a powerful tool for building rich digital experiences and publishing content. But how do you know what type of experience to create or how to organize that content? This course will walk you through the process of creating an effective user experience and information architecture. You'll learn how to create a user-centric content strategy, and plan the implementation of that strategy in Drupal. Whether you're creating a brand new website, migrating to Drupal, or improving on an existing project, you'll learn techniques that will help you build a solid strategy that speaks to your audiences.

You'll get hands-on experience creating the key deliverables that describe your information architecture. You'll learn how to validate that architecture to make sure it's user-friendly. And you'll also come away with practical advice and checklists to make sure that the experience you create is accessible and easy-to-use for content editors.

Learning Objectives

You'll come away from the course with knowledge of:

  • How to define your audiences and their objectives
  • The value of content inventories and audits and how to run them
  • How to analyze content from a Drupal perspective
  • Translating client and business needs into an information architecture
  • Strategies for using taxonomies and landing pages effectively
  • How to create a great experience for content editors
  • Understanding how accessibility and usability testing contribute to your project

Prerequisites

A basic level of Drupal experience is required. An introductory video will be sent out in advance of the course for those who are brand-new to Drupal. This course will focus on how user experience content strategy concepts apply to Drupal, so an interest in those topics is a key pre-requisite.

Target Audience

This training is suited to those responsible for planning the content strategy and information architecture for Drupal projects.  

Dev Environments

Participants need a clean install of Drupal 8: install Acquia Dev Desktop in advance: https://evolvingweb.ca/install-drupal8 or set up a site on Pantheon.io

Additional Requirements

No specific requirements

Training Company

Evolving Web

Training Team

- Private group -

Experience Level

Beginner

Drupal Version