hibbitts-design / grav-skeleton-course-hub

Take LMS-constrained courses to the next level and empower tech-savvy educators with an open, collaborative and version-controlled workflow using Markdown and Grav. Includes Admin Panel and Git Sync.

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

https://learn.hibbittsdesign.org/coursehub

🚀 Quick Install Instructions

Pre-flight Checklist

1. Confirm Web server PHP version (PHP 8.0.2 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 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 7.1 or higher, no database required) Built using the Bootstrap 4 responsive framework 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 Includes example RSS aggregator page Includes ShortCodes for Badges, Buttons, Embed.ly Cards, GoogleSlides, H5P, iFrame, PDF and Twitter Feeds Enhanced support for Badge, Button, GoogleSlides, H5P and PDF Shortcodes in Grav Premium NextGen Editor Hub pages can be easily added/removed/changed Enhanced support for the Presentation Plugin Custom links can be added to site navigation bar Image header area above site navigation bar Sidebar is customizable (Markdown or HTML) Various Web accessibility enhancements (i.e. hidden H1 page titles)

💬 Share Your Feedback

• Complete the Open Course Hub Survey