The Future
This group will explore the future of the higher education web profession. What are the implications for our profession when you combine the current financial conditions with the ongoing (r)evolution of higher education?See More
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Brenden Sparks
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- Fullerton, CA
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The Future
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AJAX and Javascript
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Using Social Networks in…
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Design
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OmniUpdate
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Brenden Sparks replied to Ken Newquist's discussion Examples of Web Content Guides in Higher Education?"My university has style guides for our identity, but nothing for web content.
Looking at our web presence, I don't know if that is a symptom or a cause--or both.
General web usability practices apply even to university websites. Jakob…"
Brenden Sparks replied to Ken Newquist's discussion Examples of Web Content Guides in Higher Education?"Yoink!
Thanks Michael!"
Brenden Sparks replied to Jay Massey's discussion Types of Full-time University Web-related Jobs (a very informal poll)"In my department (which is actually part of Advancement and not central IT) we have myself as Web Communications Specialist, a Director of Advancement Web Development, and a Senior Director of Design, Web Communications and New Media. There's…"
Brenden Sparks replied to Joe Winton's discussion Campus Web User Groups"There's a few active individuals on my campus (CSU Fullerton) looking to do just this, but we haven't gotten much positive feedback from our webbie/tech community. We've got some "campus working groups" on various things…"
Brenden Sparks replied to Kristin Greenberg's discussion policy on removing Facebook wall posts?"We have some brief "posting guidelines"
"We adhere to Facebook's Terms of Use and Code of Conduct, and we reserve the right to remove any content that is abusive and/or profane, as well as advertisements for products, services,…"
Brenden Sparks replied to Kris Isaacson's discussion How many are in your department?"My office (Strategic Communications) falls under University Advancement. We are responsible for university image and branding. Our office also manages the university homepage and 'top tier' pages. Enrollment is 30k+. Each individual…"
Brenden Sparks joined Michael Fienen's group
AJAX and Javascript
How are you using it? Where are you using it? How are you making it degrade gracefully? What are you doing to make sure applications remain accessible?See More
Brenden Sparks replied to Georgiana Cohen's discussion Homepage editorial process"Our Public Affairs department is responsible for the rotating content on our university front page (Cal State Fullerton). Outside of the basic architectural links, news and events are the only things highlighted. Whenever someone wants something,…"
Brenden Sparks replied to Michael Fienen's discussion What are your inspirational videos"Clay Shirky's TED talk on Collaboration vs. Institutions from 2005. "Prescient" definitely describes it.
http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/clay_shirky_on_institutions_versus_collaboration.html"
Brenden Sparks replied to Kerri Hicks's discussion Bad news on Facebook?"A while back a few students and alumni were killed in a car accident. Our public affairs department produced material with information about what happened as well as the student organized vigils afterwards. We did post some information on FB about…"
Brenden Sparks replied to Ken George's discussion OmniUpdate Versus Cascade"We're in the process of implementing a CMS. A selection committee went through a number of vendors over the last two years. I joined the process in time to try out Cascade. The selection committee was comprised of a bunch of techies and we had…"
Brenden Sparks replied to Julie Grundy Marsello's discussion Social Networking admins - one or many?"We have one person in our dept (Strategic Communications) who manages content for our "official" university FB and Twitter pages, but there are 2 other people in a different department (Public Affairs) who have access but don't do…"
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- Cal State Fullerton
- Website:
- http://www.fullerton.edu
- List three areas of expertise or specialization.
- CSS, usability, social media
- What CMS are you using?
- n/a
- What department or office are you in?
- Strategic Communications
- Primary Job Responsibility
- "Maintain and enhance University web design and content management"
- Number of students at your institution
- >35,000
Comment Wall (1 comment)
- At 2:13pm on March 17, 2009,
Brian Cook said… - Thanks Brenden. This helps a lot. Our agency has been trying to pinpoint the issue, but it is looking more like an isolated internal issue. With 26% of our site visitors using Firefox, we want to make sure the pages are displaying correctly.
Best regards,
Brian
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Daniel Bashaw replied to Kimbel Jeffers's discussion Office Reservation software"Hi Kimbel -- Does you manual process include a checklist and workflow documentation?
If not, it sounds to me like checklists and schedulers are your best next steps. You can structure and document what you do now, and then look at it to see if there…"
Kimbel Jeffers replied to Kimbel Jeffers's discussion Office Reservation software"The problem is we use a manual process right now and things keep falling through the cracks."
Annette Spearman replied to Derek Tonn's discussion Freelance web design recommendations (small projects)"Hi Derek,
We can help you! I'll in box you all my info so we can connect and set up some time to talk.
Annette
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Mark Rothbaum posted a discussion5-Minute Survey on Use of Facebook in Admissions
We're conducting our annual survey on Facebook and Admissions. Please take a few minutes to complete the survey at:http://www.varsityoutreach.com/FacebookSurvey/Our GoalOur goal is to explore trends related to how schools are using Facebook to reach out to prospective and admitted students.How Is the Data Used?All data will be shown in the aggregate. Answers from individual schools will not be released and will remain…See More
Colleen Brennan-Barry posted a discussionHighEdWeb Welcomes Steve Wozniak & Scott Stratten
HighEdWeb is very pleased to announce HighEdWeb 2013 Annual Conference opening keynote speaker Steve Wozniak and closing keynote speaker…See More
faris ahmed commented on social networking web design's blog post Megastar Media Webby Award Honorees"wow thats amazing article .
your stuff never fails to amaze me
honestly . great work as always :D
something i would like to add in is that
the entries each year are rapidly increasing .
but i think thats cause they take the…"
Lynn Zawie posted a discussionFreelance Web Developer Needed
Stony Brook University web team is looking for some help coding a new design. HTML5, CSS3, JQuery, Responsive Design expertise needed. If you are interested in bidding on this project, I am happy to share more details. Work would need to begin early summer. ..LynnSee More
Sara Michel commented on Lynn Zawie's group OmniUpdate"Great blog post by Higher Education Marketing on leveraging Google pay-per-click ad extensions for higher ed."
Sara Michel commented on Lynn Zawie's group OmniUpdate"Check out Naropa University's new online magazine. Looks awesome! Great job team."
Norma J Dowell replied to Derek Tonn's discussion Freelance web design recommendations (small projects)"Hi Derek!
First of all, apologies for taking so long to respond! Secondly, I am not your web developer for such an issue, but if you can find someone to pick their brain and use as a sounding board, it may be all you need. In the past, when I…"
Daniel Bashaw replied to Kimbel Jeffers's discussion Office Reservation software"Hi Kimbel.
I know you've been tasked with finding a software solution, though I'm wondering if you may need an interim step first: Does your institution have checklists covering all of the steps needed in on-boarding, relocating, and…"
Kimbel Jeffers posted a discussionOffice Reservation software
I've been tasked with finding a software tool that helps manage the onboarding and exit process of new and departing faculty. Ultimately i would like this software to management faculty office interms of when resources can be removed from a particular office and when a new faculty member can be moved in with the necessary resources. This tool should have notifications and alerts so there are no conflicts with someone being removed from a office and someone being placed in a office. Does anyone…See More
Sara Michel commented on Lynn Zawie's group OmniUpdate"Congrats to Harper College on going live with their new online course catalog! Looks great!"
Helen Mosher posted a status"After 8 years being away from higher-ed communications work, I'm very interested in returning."
Sarah McMaster replied to Katra Farah's discussion Online chat interfaces"Thanks, Daniel. We don't currently have any livechat solution so this is new fact-finding territory for us! I will keep the forum posted as/if we are able to move forward."
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