Tag: agenda

Changes to Admissions section

Rob and I worked together to make some changes to the Admissions section of the site:

• lots more photos
• Admissions Instructions more clear
• no more Application Checklist page (in sidebar of Instructions page instead)
  • please update your links if you have linked to the old Checklist page
• addition of Admissions Deadlines page
• Visit MIIS page will soon be improved

Changes to MIIS Around the World

• Rename to MIIS Stories?
• No more bulletpoints next to individual stories
• One click to get to a story!! 🙂
• No more red circles on the map

New colors round 2

• Thanks for all of your comments/feedback on the first post!
• Round two can now be seen here
  • round two includes color schemes that people liked from the first round and additional color schemes that were suggested

New homepage layout

• may look something like this (must be on the campus network to view the link since it is on a Midd test server)
• waiting for approval from Middlebury’s Communications department

“Security” theme now “Terrorism Studies”

• please tag new items accordingly (“security” theme tag is now “terrorism_studies”)

Additional content types now available

• Gallery
• Google Map

How to fix funky RSS feeds in sidebars

• Ex: http://www.miis.edu/academics/programs/mpa

Rebecca’s back!

Rebecca Walters will be helping out Kristen & Jen with various web-related needs.

Cool web stuff is happening

• The alumni site (http://alumni.miis.edu) is getting a new look in the very near future
• Advancement just launched the microphilanthropy site (http://globalgiving.org/miis)

New process for adding stories to MIIS Around the World

New MIIS Around the World stories should be added at the following URL: http://www.miis.edu/community/world/stories

The groups interface

Workflows are still coming, but in the meantime you can start setting up your group(s) of web authors. This is pretty easy to do:

1. Login at http://login.middlebury.edu/groups/ using your Exchange credentials.
2. At the bottom of the page you will see an option to create a new group. Make sure to select “web data / MIIS” from the dropdown menu.
   
3. Use the interface to add or remove members from your group.
   

B@Mmy Awards Nominations

Nominate & Vote for Blogs in the Following Categories

• Best group blog
• Best class blog
• Best student blog
• Best staff blog
• Best teacher blog
• Best use of Twitter

Upcoming TLC professional development workshops

The Teaching & Learning Collaborative will be offering a few professional development workshops for faculty and staff during J-term. One of the sessions will be hands-on video editing and we are going to use the videos produced in this workshop to help Jill’s team create a virtual campus tour.

Our virtual tour inspiration:

Issues with workflows/permissions

Middlebury activated workflows on Tuesday morning and it created permissions problems for some people. We have since disabled the module, so everyone should be able to log in and edit their content as usual.

Creating groups for your department’s web editors

You will soon be asked to create groups using Middlebury’s group interface (http://login.middlebury.edu/groups). You can log in using your Exchange credentials. I encourage you to get familiar with this tool since it will allow you to manage authors and editors for your individual sections of the site. More on how this will be used as I learn more from the web team Middlebury.

Homepage Drop-up Menus

We would like to rotate the featured items (located in the homepage drop-up menus) every 2 weeks, so please be thinking about what could go in the drop-up menu for your section. Jason suggested meeting every quarter to discuss and prepare the next 6 rotations.

Helpful Work Study Students

We should be getting some extra help very soon via new work-studies being hired for the 3 deans’ offices, including the lovely Rebecca Walters, who will be working jointly with Kristen and Jen. Rebecca’s efforts will benefit the entire website, so don’t feel left out!

Change of Meeting Dates

Jason noted that the next meeting was set to take place on Thanksgiving and we wouldn’t want you to miss out on your turkey and family time! Therefore, our next meeting will take place on Thursday, December 3 and repeat bi-weekly. I have updated the Exchange calendar event to reflect this.