<p>Welcome to DrupalEd!.</p><p>If you&#39;re looking for a way to get started, here are some options:</p><ul><li>First, if you haven&#39;t already done so, <a href="?q=user" title="Log in!">log in</a>.</li><li>Once you have logged in, <a href="?q=node/add/bio" title="Create your Bio">create your bio</a>.</li><li>Read over the <a href="?q=wiki-pages">existing documentation</a>  on the wiki pages.</li><li>Create a <a href="?q=node/add/group">Group</a> , or a <a href="?q=node/add/blog">Blog post</a> , or a <a href="?q=node/add/audio">Podcast</a>. </li></ul><p>This site can be used as an informal learning site where all users have comparable permissions, or as a more hierarchical learning environment with students, teachers, classes, and working groups.</p><p>Some of the functionality within this site includes:</p><ul><li>a personal workspace;</li><li>a group workspace;</li><li>the ability for site members to create informal working groups; <br /></li><li>the ability to create formal class spaces;</li><li>podcasting;</li><li>wiki functionality;</li><li>personal and class blogs;</li><li>rss feeds for the entire site, individual courses, individual terms, and individual users;</li><li>personal image galleries;</li><li>personal file repositories;</li><li>the ability to create private, invitation-only groups;</li><li>social bookmarking, with searching within bookmark descriptions;</li><li>spam protection;</li><li>assignment calendars by course;</li><li>event calendars for site-wide events;</li><li>configurable user profiles with searchable text descriptions;</li><li>the ability to create lists of &quot;friends&quot; among site members;</li><li>the ability to find the missing sock in the dryer.<br /></li></ul><p>The goal of this site is to create a flexible framework that allows for users to set up a social learning environment or a more traditional learning environment depending on the needs of the learners within the site. With this current framework, both approaches are supported. </p>