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Watch: Web usability design

Watch video of Carlos Hooper from VUMC Strategic Marketing speaking Oct. 31 at a DigitalVU month event. Hooper, who holds an MFA in interactive design and teaches at the Art Institute, discusses best practices of UI design. The event was part of DigitalVU month at Vanderbilt, co-coordinated by Medical Center Web and Creative Servicesand University Web Communications with support...... KEEP READING »

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Posted by Beth Fox
November 1, 2011
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Watch: Blogging best practices

Watch video of popular blogger and social media expert Jessica Turner sharing some of the industry’s best blogging practices to create a space that is read, utilized and shared on a regular basis. Turner has much experience working with individuals and companies to create blogs that reflect their personalities, achieve their goals and generate traffic. The event was...... KEEP READING »

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Posted by Beth Fox
October 31, 2011
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HighEdWeb Conference Presentation on Vanderbilt news and WordPress

Earlier this week, I gave a presentation at the 2011 HighEdWeb Association Conference in Austin, Texas. I presented on how universities might use WordPress as a centralized news presence (highlighting the benefits of centralization), with multiple front doors for various audiences, and used Vanderbilt’s news website (and the merge of many of our content sources)...... KEEP READING »

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Posted by Lacy Tite
October 27, 2011
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Watch: Using technology to engage students beyond the classroom walls

Watch video of an Oct. 20 presentation “Using technology to engage students beyond the classroom walls” with Corbette Doyle and Stephanie Milne. This session provides a hands-on look at Twitter as a tool to encourage students to think critically about course content — before, during and after class ends. To increase faculty comfort with the...... KEEP READING »

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Posted by Beth Fox
October 21, 2011
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Register now for DigitalVU technology events

The fourth annual DigitalVU month is underway. The month of workshops, open houses, lectures, discussions and more is designed to share information on all things online, from social media, to video, to programming topics and more with members of the Vanderbilt community. More information about the month’s events, with descriptions, speakers and locations, is also...... KEEP READING »

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Posted by Lacy Tite
September 30, 2011
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Updating VU’s Social Media Directory

We’re updating the VU Social Media Directory – please submit your department/office/organizations social media presences. If you are submitting sites for multiple organizations – please submit the form once for each organization you are reporting for.... KEEP READING »

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Posted by Lacy Tite
November 8, 2010
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Want to be an email ninja? Master your inbox.

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Posted by Lacy Tite
October 29, 2010
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drupal

Video: Drupal @ Vanderbilt: an overview of current projects

As part of the DigitalVU month-long series on Web technologies here at Vanderbilt, three of Vanderbilt’s drupal developers gave an overview of their recent drupal projects and share tips and tricks they’ve picked up along the way. (For those not already in-the-know, drupal is an open-source web content management system written in the ubiquitous PHP...... KEEP READING »

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Posted by Beth Fox
October 28, 2010
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Video: Crafting a Professional Digital Identity

Presentation for digitalVU month — Social media’s Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, blogs, and so on — give us plenty of opportunities to share our thoughts online. However, these platforms can sometimes make it hard to know just how public our comments are, as a Dartmouth religion professor found out recently when some comments she made on...... KEEP READING »

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Posted by Beth Fox
October 26, 2010
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Video for HTML Email: Coding Like It’s 1999

Presentation for digitalVU month — Tips and tricks for building HTML emails … because it’s definitely not like coding for a website! Suggestions on ways to compensate for the differences between the hundreds of email clients out there, how to track your results, how to use the Vanderbilt listserv to send out your html emails,...... KEEP READING »

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Posted by Lacy Tite
October 25, 2010
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digitalVU 2010: Download Presentations

October 4, 2010 Mobile App Development at Vanderbilt: VMAT Mobile App Development at Vanderbilt: VMAT Hear the latest from VMAT, Vanderbilt’s student mobile application team. The presentation by VMAT President Zach McCormick will include an overview of the group and the apps it has produced for the university as well as future plans. Have an...... KEEP READING »

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Posted by Melanie Moran
October 21, 2010
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digitalVU month is here!

With 28 events and counting, there is something for everyone during Vanderbilt’s signature technology month, be you coder, content guru or simply interested user. These events showcase the incredible talent and expertise that exists at Vanderbilt and offer a great opportunity to meet and share ideas with like-minded people from across the institution. The full...... KEEP READING »

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Posted by Lacy Tite
October 1, 2010
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