Red stapler winner! Presented by Lisa Lightbourn and Krista Boniface To get an authentic story across, nothing happens without relationships and trust. In times of high pressure, skepticism, and little time, it can be difficult to get to the heart, truth, and “why†of what moves a person. In this presentation, we’ll show how you can […]
Presented by Justin Arndt Universities are large and sprawling conglomerations, at any size. They are old, dusty, wheezing tomes; and they are a brand new, unpredictable fire of ideas. Before the golden age of the CMS, most of these odd contradictions made their way onto the web domain: Winding overgrown navigation schemes, a diverse biosphere of […]
Presented by Jon-Stephen Stansel  GIFs are the lingua franca of Twitter. They can express complex ideas and emotions that can’t fit into a Tweet, create humor and levity, or add a personal touch to a reply. In higher education, we use them constantly to congratulate students when they’ve just been accepted, share the excitement of […]
Presented by Mark Whittaker Tabs or spaces? Camel case or underscores? We all have our preferences, but they can sometimes clash with how other members of our team write code. Programming style guides can bring teams together to follow a shared set of standards, paving the way for consistent and readable code. During this session we […]
Presented by Nikki Massaro Kauffman “I love how my CMS lets users create accessible, responsive tables!†said no one, ever. No matter how many things a WYSIWYG editor or an author interface gets right, we still don’t have a UI that helps novices create accessible tables… until now. This session will highlight the pain points of […]
Presented by Jonathan Whiting In this hands-on session, learn how contrast impacts everyone, especially many people with disabilities. We will decode the contrast requirements for text in the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0 as well as new requirements in WCAG 2.1 for images and user interface components. Participants will practice evaluating contrast using several free […]
Presented by Chrissy Gipko \ Maintaining current, high-quality content within a decentralized content management model is simple…if you are adept at herding cats. For the rest of us, helping hundreds of content managers—who are distributed across campus and have wildly diverse skill, availability and interest levels—to tend their pieces of the university or college’s website is […]
Presented by Matt Ryan With its 5.0 release, WordPress has a new authoring interface called Gutenberg. Some schools have embraced it, and some are holding off for as long as possible. Carleton College happens to have chosen this interesting time to adopt WordPress, and has jumped in to the Gutenberg waters with both feet. What has […]
Presented by Angela Cavaliere Have you ever taken the time to observe a student navigate through your institution’s web experience? We all know we are supposed to be doing this, but who has the time or resources? As education professionals, we often underestimate the complexity of the processes we develop and neglect students opinions and perspective. Learn […]
Presented by Stephen Fornal Learn to leverage the power of Service Workers to make your site faster, more robust, and even make content available offline! Service Workers are the best kind of progressive enhancement; they work with an ever-increasing number of browsers, and allow you to add more robust caching, prefetching of critical assets, offline content, […]