Grav Open Matter Course Hub Skeleton
Grav Open Course Hub with Git Sync is designed to support an open and collaborative environment for one or more courses, inside or outside of your LMS. Built with the open source modern file-based Grav CMS .
Information and Documentation
http://learn.hibbittsdesign.org/coursehub
Quick Install Instructions
Pre-flight Checklist
Confirm Web server PHP version (PHP 5.5.9 or higher)
Web server login credentials (username and password)
Installation Steps
Download the ready-to-run Open Course Hub Skeleton Package or Open MultiCourse Hub Skeleton Package
Unzip the package onto your desktop
Copy the entire Grav Open Course Hub folder to your Web server
Point your browser to the Web server folder
Create your site administrator account when prompted
And you're done! (press the icon in the Admin Panel to preview site)
Grav Open Course Hub Screenshots
Figure 1. Example Grav Open Course Hub website, with GitHub collaborative page editing enabled. Explore an example open matter course hub site at demo.hibbittsdesign.org/grav-open-matter-course-hub/ .
Figure 2. Example Grav Open MultiCourse Hub website, with GitHub collaborative page editing enabled. Explore an example open matter multicourse hub site at demo.hibbittsdesign.org/grav-skeleton-open-matter-multi-course-hub-site/ .
Grav Open Matter Course Hub Highlights
Ready-to-run open source Grav package
Minimal server requirements (PHP 5.5.9 or higher, no database required)
Built using the Bootstrap 4 responsive framework
Includes a simplified version of standard Grav Admin Panel
Built-in support for automatic two-way Git Sync
Single or multiple courses per hub installation
Global 'Chromeless Pages' site setting for all pages (for embedding entire site within LMS)
Optional 'chromeless' page URL flag (for embedding specific pages within LMS)
Uses Markdown and HTML files for cross-platform content
Full access to HTML , CSS , Javascript , Twig Templates , YAML , etc.
Blog-style list of course units (e.g. classes, modules, etc)
Optional important reminders and unit preparations areas
Supports custom page types and modular content
Includes example RSS aggregator , embed.ly card , swipe.to and Twitter feed pages
Includes ShortCodes for H5P , embed.ly cards , and swipe.to
Hub pages can be easily added/removed/changed
External links can be automatically opened in a new Tab/Window
Custom links can be added to site navigation bar
Image header area above site navigation bar
Sidebar is customizable (Markdown or HTML)