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DigitalVU: Web Services Introduction

Jul. 24, 2015—Thanks to everyone who came out to our July DigitalVU Event. We had a great presentation from VUIT’s own Justin Paschal, who kept us entertained and informed about what web services are, how to use them and where they might be implemented in our workflow. His slides are embedded below.

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DigitalVU: Chrome Dev Tools

Apr. 3, 2015—Thanks to everyone who came out for Web Communications developer Bo Link’s presentation on Chrome Dev Tools. You can use your arrow keys to navigate through the presentation below, or download a PDF here.

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DigitalVU: Current Trends in Web Design & Development

Feb. 9, 2015—Thanks to everyone who came out to the Law School to hear from Nashville Web designer Amber Leigh Turner, who shared her perspective on current trends in web design and development at January’s DigitalVU meeting. Amber’s presentation can be found on SlideShare, and we hope that you find it useful in your own applications and design....

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DigitalVU: Smartphone Photography Workshop

Sep. 25, 2014—Thanks to everyone who came out for the smartphone photography workshop. We hope you’re excited to get out and take some photos with your newfound knowledge! (Don’t forget: if you’re on campus, use the hashtag #vandygram.) As promised, here is a helpful summary of the event, with links to all the applications and resources discussed.

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Watch: Web usability design

Nov. 1, 2011—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...

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Watch: Blogging best practices

Oct. 31, 2011—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...

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HighEdWeb Conference Presentation on Vanderbilt news and WordPress

Oct. 27, 2011—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)...

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Watch: Using technology to engage students beyond the classroom walls

Oct. 21, 2011—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...

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Register now for DigitalVU technology events

Sep. 30, 2011—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...

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Updating VU’s Social Media Directory

Nov. 8, 2010—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.

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Want to be an email ninja? Master your inbox.

Oct. 29, 2010—View presentation outline and notes.

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Video: Drupal @ Vanderbilt: an overview of current projects

Oct. 28, 2010—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...

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