Updates

Dean of Students

The Dean of Students website recently got an overhaul and some of their hyperlinks have changed. UCM worked closely with their staff and stakeholders to re-envision the content on this site, restructuring their top menu and pages for an improved user experience through content streamlining and updated visual designs. If your sites link to the DOS sites, please check your links to ensure nothing needs updated.

Margaret Boyd Scholars

The Margaret Boyd Scholars program moved from Student Affairs into the Womens Center. Their new website was published recently at www.ohio.edu/diversity/womens-center/boyd-scholars. UCM worked with this group to rethink the content for optimized maintenance and public use. If your sites link to the Margaret Boyd Scholars program site, please check your links for any needed updates.

Video Gallery

We have changed the way that videos are added to the video gallery web element. Videos must be stored in YouTube (recommended) or Vimeo. You can either add a new video to the media file or select an existing one. Remember that any videos displayed on or linked to from the website must include accurate closed captions. View Instructions»

Welcome Joanna!

We are excited to welcome Joanna Sokol to the UCM web team as our Web Content Specialist for Academic Programs! Joanna started in UCM at the end of December, joining us from the Office of Sustainability, where she managed their Drupal website. She is working alongside our team, primarily focusing on updates to college websites and program pages, as well as managing our central listing of programs. This position was created as a result of the Enterprise Marketing Team restructure last fall semester.

Experience OHIO

In Spring Semester 2022, UCM launched the Experience OHIO website and search tool, and is actively accepting submissions for unique, hands-on things students can do at our institution! These do not need to be formal Experiential Learning opportunities – we are always looking to add opportunities that showcase the student experience at OHIO. Types of experiences showcased include community engagement, creative activity, internships, leadership, research, and study away. This site is not comprehensive of all student experiences at the University and is intended to be a snapshot of the plethora of options available to students. If you know of something missing that would be of interest to prospective or current students and it fits the criteria on the submission form, there is a link to submit an item at the bottom of the site!

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Web Editors Forum

The Web Editors Forum is a monthly meeting for all web editors and publishers. We come together to discuss topics of interest to the group to improve our websites and the processes we use.

Next Web Editors Forum Meeting

Wed. Feb. 28 10:00am | Topic: Website Imagery

This month's Web Editors Forum will include special guests from UCM to discuss finding and editing images for the web. Christofer Smith, the Associate Director of Photo/Video, will be joining us to answer any questions you may have about requesting photo services. There will also be someone available to talk about editing and optimizing images for use on our websites. Before the meeting, please make sure you have reviewed the instructions for Using Images on the Web so that you can be prepared with any questions.

View Previous Forum Slides and Videos»

Open Labs

Come to open labs to learn more about anything discussed in the Web Matters or if you have other questions. Weekly open labs offer web editors a dedicated time to focus on their web pages and have immediate assistance available. Shelli Minton, Web CMS Specialist and Training Supervisor, will be logged in to answer questions as needed.

Schedule: Every Tuesday 2:00-3:00pm and every Thursday 9:00-10:00am

You can add the labs to your calendar by checking the meeting details in the forum general discussion.

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