Create a DHRIFT Institute Landing Page#
DHRIFT is predicated on the idea that learning is a means of building communities of practice and that learning communities are best positioned to determine what to focus on and how to organize their own learning events. As a result, we have created a workflow for taking the content available through DHRIFT Core's directory of workshops and to create a landing page that draws from that content and allows for customization.
What is a DHRIFT Institute Landing Page#
A DHRIFT Institute Landing Page is a static webpage that can be hosted for free on GitHub pages. When creating your own series of workshops, digital institute, or even a course, you may want to pick and choose which workshops you would like to include. A DHRIFT Institute Landing Page assembles important information about your event combines it with a list of DHRIFT workshops of your choosing, and generates a static web page for participants to use. See our GC Digital Research Institute) for an example.
Requirements to Create a DHRIFT Landing Page#
DHRIFT's Institute Landing Page requires that you have a GitHub account set up in order to generate the site and to post it on GitHub pages.
About the DHRIFT Wizard#
Overview#
To make the site creation process easier, the DHRIFT Wizard will walk users through the step-by-step process of creating a new DHRIFT Institute Landing Page. The wizard will ask for core information about your institute. Then you will click on a "Create Site" button. The Wizard will take the information you have input, combine it with the workshops and features of the DHRIFT App, and then store a new repository in your GitHub account. When your Landing Page is complete, navigate to http://dhrift.
Begin using the DHRIFT Wizard at https://app.dhrift.org/wizard.
How the DHRIFT Wizard Works#
The DHRIFT Wizard is an application that collects information that you in put into each field. When you click "Create Institute," the application assembles all of the information and stores it in a file. DHRIFT takes
Accessing the DHRIFT Wizard#
From the dhrift.org landing page, click the "Grow" link, or use this URL: https://dhrift.org/create.
Getting Started#
Go to https://dhrift.org/create to access the DHRIFT Institute Landing Page Wizard.
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The first page of the wizard will encourage you to assemble all of the information you need before getting started. That information may include the following:
- A title, description, format, location, and contact information for your event
- Dates, times, titles, DHRIFT workshops, resources, names and contact names of instructors, and any details participants should know.
- Any social media, sponsors, logos, and/or a replacement hero image you may want to use in place of our defaults
- Your GitHub credentials.
TIP#
Currently, DHRIFT cannot store information about your institute in the browser and it is unable to read from files already in your repository. As a result, creating an institute automatically overwrites the previous institute information. Admittedly, this is not ideal and is a known bug. Our recommendation in the meantime is to create a folder or file that contains all of the information you are about to input into the Wizard. Use that file to copy and paste the data into the wizard. Doing so will mean that your changes are not lost and that you can continue to make changes. We apologize for the inconvenience, but we are working to make this part of the process go more smoothly as part of ongoing development.
General Information#
The DHRIFT Wizard will ask first for information pertaining to the entire event or institute you are creating. This includes the following fields which are explained in detail:
The title#
The title in the General Information section of the DHRIFT Wizard refers to the title that will appear in the institute landing page hero slide at the top of the page. Since DHRIFT can be used for a variety of learning settings, this might be the name of the event (such as the GC Digital Research Institute) or the title of the course you are teaching.
** This field is required **
Institute / Event / Course Dates#
** This field is required **
Using the date picker, select the starting date and end date of your event. You do not need to choose times at this point. More specific information about sessions include information for times and dates. This information will display inside the image at the top of the DHRIFT Landing Page.
Format#
You can include information about what type of learning event this will be. There are three options: Online, In-person, and Hybrid. Select the radio button next to the most appropriate description. This field is optional.
Host or Organizer#
** This field is required. **
Insert the name of the organization or group hosting the learning event. For example: Our University, Research Office.
Tagline#
Insert text up to a maximum of 10 words for a tagline. This text will appear in the right hand side of the hero image at the top of the page. This field is optional. If there is no text inside the area will simply not display text.
Short Description#
Text entered into this field will display on the DHRIFT Institute Landing Page directly below the hero image and above the schedule. Only text up to 150 words will display properly. This field is not required and if it is left blank no text will display on this area of the page.