Plug It In: Writing Better WordPress Plugins (TPR10) Hill Country A & B Writing a WordPress plugin can be extremely simple, but in order to write a good WordPress plugin, it takes a little more work. I will walk you through five simple tips to help improve your WordPress development skills and techniques.Some of the… […]

The Politics of Doing #IA for #HighEd (APS9) Hill Country C & D Information architecture is how we organize and label content and navigation for large websites. In an ideal world, planning the information architecture is a lot like designing and building a designer kitchen for a newly-constructed home. But… Aaron Baker (University of Arkansas […]

On your mark, get set, mobile (TNT8) Foothills II There is a lot of buzz about mobile technology and “everything going to mobile.” The mobile market is growing steadily every day; the College of William & Mary’s website saw a 300% increase in mobile traffic over the past year alone. Despite… Tiffany Broadbent (College of […]

Twin Red-Headed Stepchildren Of A Different Mother: The Usability of Accessibility (TNT7) Foothills II Abstract: Web accessibility as a discipline is extremely varied and potentially complicated. The issues can take time to learn, but are not just important for fulfilling the legal requirements for disabled users but also for enhancing usability… Michael Fienen (nuCloud) Dylan […]

Tying it all Together: Part Deux (SOC6) Texas Ballroom, IV – VII Two years ago, Kevin Prentiss won “best in track” for a future looking presentation about how colleges could build an online student union by aggregating student social media content. This session, like good reality television, will check in on… Kevin Prentiss (Red Rover) […]

Homepage Survival Guide: How to Raise Content from the Dead (TNT5) Foothills II In this session, we’ll showcase how we used our braaaains to bring content from many different sources to life by adding an institutional lifestream to our homepage. This stream combines Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Foursquare, Flickr, blog and… Brad Mitchell (Missouri State University) […]

Shawn Henry @shawn_slh Leads World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) education and outreach promoting Web accessibility for people with disabilities Embracing the carrots. Reasons beyond the legal requirement. Breaking accessibility with an upgrade is not an upgrade. Reviewing some impressive user examples. Accessibility is about people. Don’t just focus on people. Accessibility gone bad examples. Bolding […]

The Ultimate Open Source CMS – A Cage Match (APS4) Hill Country C & D Watch and listen as Drupal, Reason, and WordPress MU battle for supremacy in a no holds barred cage match! Words and ideas will be mercilessly exchanged, and visual aids are allowed in the cage. A celebrity moderator will be on […]

Mobile on a Shoestring (TPR3) Hill Country A & B The need to support the ever-growing population of mobile users is critical, yet institutions interested in entering the mobile arena face a multitude of challenges. In the current economic climate, funding for new initiatives is scarce. With IT… Quinn Madson (University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee) […]

Rethinking the Login (APS2) Hill Country C & D OpenID and Facebook Connect have gained growing acceptance as ways to decentralize authentication — to allow people to log in to web services using credentials from other services, like Gmail or Facebook — but have seen limited adoption in… Mark Heiman (Carleton College) It all started […]