Going Mobile: Designing iOS, Android, and Web Apps with Standards WRK9 Workshops Hill Country C WEDNESDAY, 1:00 – 4:30PM There’s been a lot of hype about mobile devices since the debut of the iPhone in 2008, followed by Android and other platforms shortly after. Now that there are thousands of apps being distributed in app […]

What Colleges Can Learn From The Insane Clown Posse MMP12 Marketing, Management, and Professional Development Big Bend TUESDAY, 2:45 – 3:30PM It sounds crazy, right? What could respectable institutions of higher education possibly learn from a controversial rap group comprised of high school dropouts dressed up in clown makeup? Well, love them or hate them, […]

Swingin’ with Sinatra: Small Apps Fast TPR7 Technical: Propeller Hats Required Hill Country A & B MONDAY, 4:45 – 5:30PM We all see this regularly: one of our sites needs a special piece of functionality that’s just a little too different to handle with our usual tools. Sometimes it’s something big, something that needs a […]

A Data-Driven Content Strategy Idea for Redesigning the Institution’s Website (work in progress) (TNT11) Foothills II As the only web professional at my institution, the idea of coming up with a strategy to redesign the institution’s website seemed ridiculous, so I took a few steps back and looked at what I was already doing: (1) […]

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) […]