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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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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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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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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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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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Building HTML Emails

Dec. 18, 2009—Presentation from Lacy Tite – December 2009 digitalVU meeting HTML Emails on Prezi All links mentioned available on delicious »

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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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