ITS Educational Technology and University Relations (UR) have combined resources to create a one-stop Drupal Web development office. Drupal developers from both offices are now housed in 103 East Bartlett. ITS Educational Technology developers will focus on creating departmental and college websites in Drupal, while UR staff will maintain the main university website and other primary sites, such as the calendar and map. Developers from both units will work together to create standardized Drupal practices and provide support for other Drupal developers on campus.

For more information, contact Brandon Neil in ITS-ET or DeWayne Purdy in UR.

Optimizing our content for mobile devices, including tappable phone numbers and links to Google Maps, is a natural extension of what we’ve been doing for ages. There is no separate mobile strategy. There is only an existing content strategy and working to make sure that that content is best presented to everyone.  Mobile in Higher Ed

Dries Buytaert, the creator of Drupal, has a State of Drupal 2011 survey out. Give your feedback about where you think Drupal needs to go in the future. Find out more at buytaert.net.

A third of all American adults own a smartphone and for many minority and low income users, those mobile devices have replaced computers for Internet access. The findings released Monday by the Pew Internet & American Life Project highlight the breakneck speed consumers are adopting smartphones — faster than just about any high-tech product in history.  Washington Post

A training session on Google Analytics and analyzing web reports will be conducted on Thursday, May 19, from 2:30-4:30 p.m. in ITTC 136. The session, presented by a consultant from Volacci, will include accessing Google Analytics reports, which metrics are most important to monitor for your website, setting up a custom dashboard to view your reports, and some very basic advanced reporting.

If you are interested in attending the session, please complete the registration below.