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Newscoop CMS course for journalists, end-users & designers. Create your own site with Newscoop, add social tools, revenue streams, use themes & more.

The Newscoop CMS powers professional newspapers & magazines worldwide. The demands of modern journalism are met with intuitive interfaces, flexible publishing, multilinguality, geolocation tools, social media integration and powerful templates that are compatible with anything from HTML5 to mobile.

The course is for anyone interested in learning how to use the Newscoop CMS. Journalists and web designers can learn how to control the simple but powerful interface. In 4 weeks participants create their own publication.

Further courses: "$gimmie for Beginners" & "Newscoop Xtra"

http://www.sourcefabric.org/en/newscoop/

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Prerequisite Knowledge

None needed.
An interest in creating a website using the Newscoop CMS.
In further courses knowledge of HTML, CSS & PHP is needed for creating templates and 3rd party plug-ins.

Course Duration

4 weeks.

Time Commitment

2 - 5 hours per week.

Course Evaluation

Participants are encouraged to comment on the work of one another.
At the end of the course participants will have their own online 'portflio' showcasing their Newscoop skills for potential employers to browse.

Further Courses

"$gimme for Beginners" & "Newscoop Xtra" are planned.
These more advanced courses are for web designers, journalists and editors intending to use Newscoop professionally.