HighEdWeb becomes Digital Collegium on Nov. 1. Discover the new brand

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​Rebuilding a University Homepage to be “Responsive.” Twice. In Less than a Year.

Rebuilding a University Homepage to be “Responsive.” Twice. In Less than a Year. Erik Runyon, Manager of Interactive Development, University of Notre Dame Eric Runyon @erunyon from Notre Dame will be “covering responsiveness because it hasn’t been done this year.” He asked “…anybody remember how many responsive sessions last year? Zero.” (10 this year) Why […]

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Websites featuring user created content in Drupal

Websites Featuring User-Created Content in Drupal Dwight Nagy, Assistant Director of Web Communication, The College of Wooster Dwight Nagy at Wooster is telling us about his Drupal 6 deployment of Wooster Headline News WHN. WHN | Wooster Headline News What began as a text only daily email blast containing pages upon pages of repetitive content needed […]

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Web Accessibility: 30 Tips in 45 Minutes

Web Accessibility: 30 Tips in 45 Minutes Terrill Thompson, Technology Accessibility Specialist, University of Washington Here are the tips: 1. Add ALT text to web pages and documents. Most people forget to describe the image effectively. 2. Use headings properly. Most people forget h1 tags form landing points for content and organization like an outline. […]

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Securing the Open Source CMS Doesn’t Take a Dissertation

Securing the Open Source CMS Doesn’t Take a Dissertation Chris Wiegman, Web Developer, St. Edward’s University We are talking about protecting the brand not just the data. Open source does not mean amateur. Yet open source CMS systems are not designed to keep critical dates secure. Yet there are numerous add ons etc to help […]

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​How UW-Milwaukee re-designed for the LAST time

How UW-Milwaukee redesigned for the LAST time John Mills, Digital Designer, University of Wisconsin-Milwauke Sounds final. You know what they say, “never say never.” He sees what he does as being at the center of the combination art, science, and philosophy. 30k students. Centralized infrastructure but decentralized content. Around 800k uniques per month. His POV […]

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Mobile is so 2011. Make all your campus sites & apps look great on any device.

Mobile is so 2011. Make all your campus sites & apps look great on any device. Brett Pollak, Director, Campus Web Office, UC San Diego They are a mix of designers and engineers and run Hannon Hill CMS. 29k students. Most majors in social sciences. They are experiencing an increase in engineering due to recent […]

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​Your CMS is the Elephant in the Room

Your CMS is the Elephant in the Room Jeff Abuzzahab, Web and Multimedia Lead, University of Minnesota Jeff Abuzzahab is going to tell us about the elephant in the room. Downton Abbey = HigherEd “don’t rock the boat.” Put people first and then content – worry less about a unilateral CMS deployment. They spent years […]