Our next Department Web Framework users group will be Tuesday, April 18, from 1:00-2:00pm in CMU 202 (Simpson Center conference room).

The topic will be web analytics. We’ll give you a tour of the Google Analytics interface, talk about how you can use this information to improve your sites, and share some insights gleaned from looking at the data from all departments in the framework. Bring a laptop and you can follow along and explore your own unit’s reports.

We are pleased to announce that the Department of Mathematics is the first unit from the Natural Sciences Division to join the Department Web Framework. Visit their new site at https://math.washington.edu

The Department of Near Eastern Languages & Civilization (NELC) has a new website at nelc.washington.edu. This site debuts a brand new theme custom designed for Arts & Sciences units.

A few weeks ago, the Arts & Sciences web team announced that we would be integrating department websites with the Canvas Learning Management System so that the Canvas Syllabus Descriptions would show on the websites' course detail pages. This feature went live today, so users will notice the longer descriptions being included on those pages when they are available. The old custom description still appears as "Additional Details."

Our fall quarter Department Web Framework users group will be Tuesday, October 25, from 2:00-3:00pm in CMU 202 (Simpson Center conference room).

This quarter’s topic will be courses:

• Lessons learned from interviews and usability tests with students
• Recent changes to course features on Department Web Framework sites
• How to manage your department’s course descriptions through Canvas
• Other questions and concerns regarding managing course information or advertising courses

Hope you can join us!

The School of Art + Art History + Design has a new website! Visit it at https://art.washington.edu. This was the culmination of a year-long collaboration between the School and the Arts & Sciences web team. Annabelle Gould, Associate Professor and Chair of the Division of Design, created a custom visual design. Although it looks very different on the surface, the site shares the same functionality and infrastructure as our other Department Web Framework sites.

In addition to building new sites, fielding support requests, and keeping Drupal modules up-to-date, the web team works to improve Department Web Framework sites throughout the year. Changes and new features since fall 2015 include:

The Department of Anthropology has joined the Department Web Framework. Visit their new site at https://anthropology.washington.edu

Save the date for our next Department Web Framework users meeting: Tuesday, May 24, 2016, 1:00-2:00pm in CMU 202.  Anyone with a role managing content on department websites is welcome to attend.

The Department of English has a new website.  Visit it at https://english.washington.edu