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Video: Crafting a Professional Digital Identity

Oct. 26, 2010—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...

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Video for HTML Email: Coding Like It’s 1999

Oct. 25, 2010—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,...

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digitalVU 2010: Download Presentations

Oct. 21, 2010—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...

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digitalVU month is here!

Oct. 1, 2010—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...

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Presentation: Technology in the Classroom

Aug. 27, 2010—Derek Bruff, senior lecturer and assistant director of the Center for Teaching, gave a presentation in the August 27 digitalVU meeting on technology in the classroom—useful not only for those who interact with students, but also for those wanting to learn more about interactive and digital friendly presentations. I think everyone got a little something...

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Submit KeyMatches for the google search appliance

Jun. 30, 2010—A KeyMatch associates a specific term with a particular result, enabling you to direct users to a result that is especially relevant but that might not appear at the top of the results page. For example, if someone were to search for “event”, we can make sure that the top result for that search will...

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April digitalVU meeting

Apr. 30, 2010—Anna Belle Leiserson from the Vanderbilt Ingram Cancer Center talks about what’s new in Web technologies, with topics including HTML5, changes in browsers / OS, Apple vs. Adobe and what it means for us, the mobile Web and Google adding speed to their algorithm. John Brassil from ITS talks about their new streaming delivery platform....

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Developing applications for Google Android and iPhone

Oct. 21, 2009—Learn the basics of developing applications for Google Android and iPhone in this seminar with School of Engineering faculty Jules White and Doug Schmidt and their students, who are in the midst of developing applications for Vanderbilt and for the public at large. This event is part of DigitalVU month at Vanderbilt.

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Social Media – why it matters and how to use it in your job

Oct. 16, 2008—Listen Now: Presentation from Lacy Tite on Oct. 16:   Social Media: why it matters, how it can enrich your life, and ways it might even help you do your job better. We discussed facebook, del.icio.us, twitter, flickr, google apps, netvibes, etc. – what they are and why they’re worth your time. Facebook is more...

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