About our new content management system: Drupal University Marketing and Communications

Drupal Open-source content management platform Optimized to help us meet accessibility standards Built-in tools for mobile optimization Customizable content editing experience Centralized management of content

35% of higher education institutions use Drupal as of March

Our hosting provider: Cloud hosting Automated backups and monitoring Search engine: Apache Solr Personalization tool: Acquia Lift Development, staging and live servers Support and consulting for Acquia services and Drupal

Our partner: Web consultant firm based in Chicago Specializes in Drupal and higher education websites Strong relationship with Acquia What will we get? –Meets 508 accessibility requirements –Mobile first, responsive website –Stable, secure, well-documented platform

Timeline October-November: Begin discovery and definition phase November-April: Design and develop project plan for new website and CMS, migrate content, hold workshops for feedback April-May: Initial Launch May-September: Finalize migration September 12, 2016: Deactivate CommonSpot webpages

Drupal Demo

Key Points based on feedback improved copy and paste and other editing tools allows you to focus on content

Why should you focus on content? 77% of 2014 high school seniors and 69% of their parents rated college websites as the most influential resource in their college search 71% of high school seniors looked at college websites on a mobile device Content priorities –Academic program listings: 47% –Cost: 36% –Scholarships: 34% –Financial Aid: 32%

Resources sdstate.edu/cms Training Videos Instructions Support

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