The Department Web Framework Users Group consists of faculty, staff, and students who manage content on department sites based in the framework. We also have a few participants who are running their own Drupal installations, but share similar issues and goals.
We meet quarterly to share strategies for managing content and improving digital communications. These meetings are intended to help site owners and content editors make better use of their websites and help us understand how we can improve the framework service. They are informal and topics might include:
- Gathering and generating website content
- Brainstorming on problems/issues you’ve encountered
- Writing good web content
- Making your content accessible to users with disabilities or search engines
- Complying with web-related university policies
- Features that have recently been introduced
- New features in the works or features you'd like to see
- Open Q&A
If you're interested in participating, please contact us.
Meeting Schedule & Notes:
Date | Topics |
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5/26/2020 | Drupal 8 Roadmap and Preview, Content/Challenges Related to Coronavirus, Graduation, Remote Operations |
12/3/2019 | Online Newsletters, Student-facing Web Content Update |
4/23/2019 | Student-facing Web Content |
3/11/2019 | Web Accessibility |
11/6/2018 | 6 Simple Steps to Better UX |
5/5/2018 | Plain Language & Clear Content (Sasha Im from UMAC), Writing Workshop |
2/13/2018 | Top 100 Pages in the College, Sites Owners & Editors Survey |
11/7/2017 | Calendars and Events - Notes |
4/18/2017 | Web Analytics |
10/25/2016 | Course Features and Canvas - Part 1 Slides, Part 2 Slides |
5/24/2016 | Alumni & Careers web content - Slides, Notes |
1/26/2016 | SEO for Content Authors, Finding Images |
12/1/2015 | UW IT Accessibility Guidelines, Improving File Management |
1/27/2015 | Usability Testing, Courses Feature |
11/12/2014 | Choosing Images for Your Front Page, UW Brand Messaging |
4/30/2014 | Stats and Trends in Department Web Traffic, Departmental Newsletters |
2/25/2014 | MarComm Resources, Undergraduate Focus Groups, Student Testimonials (combined with Humanities & Social Sciences Marketing Roundtable) |
10/30/2013 | YouTube 101, Trumba Campus Events Calendar |
5/29/2013 | News, Promoting Courses, Records Retention and Your Website, Update on Campus Events Calendar |
2/13/2013 | Google Analytics, Managing Research |
10/24/2012 |