Our next Department Web Framework users meeting will be Tuesday, January 27, 2015, from 2:00-3:00pm in CMU 202 (Simpson Center seminar room). Topics on the agenda:

Usability Testing.  Last fall we had two student volunteers help us test the usability of a typical department site. We’ll share how we conducted the test, what the findings were, and what changes we plan to make to improve the usability of your sites.

The new Department of American Ethnic Studies website is live at http://aes.washington.edu. They are the seventeenth department to join the Department Web Framework.

This fall, our team is developing new websites for American Ethnic Studies (AES) and American Indian Studies (AIS).  Look for their sites to launch in January 2015.

Our next Department Web Framework Users meeting will be:
Wednesday, November 12, from 10-11am
CMU 202 (Simpson Center seminar room)

Anyone who plays a role in editing department websites is invited to attend. Our tentative agenda is:

Choosing Images for Your Front Page: What kind of images make a strong, positive impact? What type of images should you avoid? How can you get more photos? We’ll share some strategies for finding and selecting great photos to maximize the power of your front page.

Department Web Framework editors are invited to the quarterly Social Sciences and Humanities Marketing Roundtable. Within the next few weeks the UW is rolling out a new brand, and we will be dedicating our entire meeting to covering how that impacts you and what to expect. Even if you’ve been a part of some of the brand meetings over the summer, we encourage you to attend. We're hoping we will be able to dive deeper into the messaging and have an in-depth Q&A session with our representative from central marketing.

The Department of Gender, Women & Sexuality Studies is the 16th department to join the College of Arts & Sciences Department Web Framework.  View their new site at http://gwss.washington.edu

The Center for Digital Arts and Experimental Media (DXARTS) is the fifthteenth department in the College of Arts & Sciences to join the Department Web Framework.  Explore their new website at http://dxarts.washington.edu.

The Department of Linguistics has a new Department Web Framework site! Visit it at http://linguistics.washington.edu.

The first department from the Social Sciences Division to join the Department Web Framework is the Law, Societies & Justice Program.  Visit their new website at http://lsj.washington.edu

The School of Drama has a new website built in the Department Web Framework.  See it at http://drama.washington.edu