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

1. Confirm Web server PHP version (PHP 5.5.9 or higher)
2. Web server login credentials (username and password)

Installation Steps

1. Download the ready-to-run Open Course Hub Skeleton Package
2. Unzip the package onto your desktop
3. Copy the entire Grav Open Course Hub folder to your Web server
4. Point your browser to the Web server folder
5. Create your site administrator account when prompted
6. And you're done! (press the icon in the Admin Panel to preview site)

Grav Open Course Hub Screenshot

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/.

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)