Whether you’re working on a big redesign project or have embraced a more iterative redesign approach, usability testing should be considered as one of your web work cornerstones. I’m sure you’ve already read or heard that testing with only 5 users will provide you great insights to improve the usability of your website (Gosh, I […]
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5-step plan to select the right CMS
My latest UB column is now available in the April issue as well as online: “How to Select the Right CMS: a five-step plan for evaluating web content management systems” In this column, I provide – with the help of several of your colleagues I interviewed – a blueprint to a successful CMS selection process: […]
Want to use Drupal, WordPress or DotCMS as your next CMS? Register for “Open Source CMS Fair” Webinar Series by April 9!
Have you noticed how more and more institutions choose open source content management systems such as Drupal, WordPress or DotCMS to power their websites? The trend has been accelerating these past few months with several high profile redesigned websites such as Duke University and Bates College as well as other redesigns in process. With more […]
Higher Ed Websites Gone Mobile
My latest UB column is now available in the February issue as well as online: “Websites Gone Mobile: More institutions exploring—and succeeding with—mobile web” In this column written last December (so many new mobile websites have been launched since then – I’ll post even more examples in the coming days), I provide a few examples […]
Will Apple iPad, Amazon Kindle DX, and Sony Reader bring PDF versions back in style for online readers?
Web professionals have always frown upon the use of PDF as the online version of a print newsletter or magazine. For some publication officers and college magazine editors, PDF is an easy way to provide the online version of their hard print work. Just take the final file from the designer (PDF has been used […]
How to YouTube with Success — and closed captions
My latest UB column is now available in the November/December issue as well as online: “How to YouTube with Success: Six tips for optimizing online videos” Here are the 6 tips: 1. Get listed on YouTube EDU. 2. Make videos that are easy to share. 3. Choose keyword-rich titles, descriptions, and tags for the videos. […]
Swarthmore College runs the online version of its magazine on WordPress
Since I started this blog in February 2005 with its version 1.2, WordPress has become one of (probably the) best online publishing tool out there. Can you believe version 2.9 will be released in a couple of months? Naturally, as higher ed print magazines have started to go digital or even paperless, more and more […]
Duke gets a new homepage powered by Drupal and… campus stories
After Bates College last month, Duke University unveiled its new homepage on October 1st. The last design was done in 2006 and had definitely a Google-ish kind of look. Duke Homepage (2006) With the new design Duke’s homepage look and feel is less unique, but it is definitely more user- and content-friendly. Stories – told […]
The registration deadline for Going Mobile Webinars has been postponed to this Friday (October 16) at 9PM ET
Last week, I attended the rehearsal of Dave Olsen‘s webinars on how to create a mobile website for your university in 24 hours or less. And, I’m happy to report that he has really done a lot of work to make the implementation of MIT Mobile Web very easy through the integration of some Google […]
Want to learn how to build a mobile website for your institution in less than 24 hours? Register for Going Mobile Webinars by October 12, 2009
A few weeks ago, I wrote about Dave Olsen’s achievement in developing a mobile website for West Virginia University in just 19 days using MIT Mobile Web open-source platform. Dave spent some time customizing the existing code (that’s the beauty of open-source projects) to integrate Google services and reduce the implementation process to just a […]
Find out how closed captioning can make a big difference for your online videos
Two days ago, I had the chance to attend the rehearsal of the webinar Glenda Sims will present on September 16: ADA-Compliant Web Videos 101: How to produce and publish online videos accessible to people with disabilities Glenda is a true accessibility champion. Her presentation does a great job at providing the reasons why accessible […]
A mobile website for West Virginia University in 19 days with the open-source MIT Mobile platform
Yep, you’ve read correctly. It’s not a typo. Web Services professional technologist Dave Olsen managed to develop the mobile version of his institution’s website in 19 days thanks to a lot of hard work and Mobile MIT, the platform developed for its own use and made available earlier this year for free by MIT. Launched […]
Higher Ed TV – Behind the Scenes: It’s Your Turn, a video from Missouri S&T
Last week, Andrew Careaga, director of communications at Missouri S&T, shared on his blog a really great video his team had developed to be played at convocation at the request of the alum association. Didn’t get a chance to watch the video? Take 4 minutes to watch a really cool take on 140 years of […]
Want to learn how to create better, viral, and ADA-compliant web videos? Register by August 26 for Online Videos 360 Webinars
If you read this blog, there is no doubt you know how important online videos have become in the higher ed marketing and communication mix. With YouTube, iTunes and others, your target audiences have come to expect to be able to watch news and interesting things happening at your institution. Anybody can now upload a […]
To showcase your academic experts, forget TV and embrace Ustream… like Duke University
Duke University has done it again. With “Office Hours,” a new series in partnership with Ustream launched today at noon ET, the institution has found another great way to showcase the expertise of its faculty. The idea – put a professor in front of the camera for an informal Q&A with the university community and […]
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