Here's my order of preference:

* 2009 university web templates - we're nearing the end of their first
year of adoption; who's using them and what have we learned?

* Best practices in form design

* 3rd party web tools, and informing university policy about their use
(Sound familiar? Our recent list thread tipped me about this one!)  e.g.
YouTube, Flickr, Picasa, and many others.

* Google Analytics --- I don't mind contributing to this discussion
sometime soon, but my most recent implementations should have more time
to collect data so that my demos could be more meaningful

- Krista


Kristofer Layon wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> Thursday Nov. 19 is just two weeks away.  What should we schedule for
> our topic(s)?
> 
> My notes include these past suggestions:
> 
> * Drupal showcase - demos and tips re. this popular open source WCM platform
> * UThink showcase - demos and tips re. this U Libraries blogging and
> publishing tool, which uses the Movable Type platform
> * Google Search Appliance
> * Best practices in form design
> * 2009 university web templates - we're nearing the end of their first
> year of adoption; who's using them and what have we learned?
> 
> And, more recently:
> 
> * 3rd party web tools, and informing university policy about their use
> (Sound familiar? Our recent list thread tipped me about this one!)  e.g.
> YouTube, Flickr, Picasa, and many others. 
> * Google Analytics --- I don't mind contributing to this discussion
> sometime soon, but my most recent implementations should have more time
> to collect data so that my demos could be more meaningful
> * Unit and department web and database hosting needs (it would be great
> to invite some OIT service providers / strategic planners to such a mtg.)
> 
> I'm sure there's plenty of other topic possibilities.  Please let me
> know whether I should make an online form for voting on topics, or
> whether we can come to a decision via the list itself.  Or, other ideas?
>  (Remember, I'm winging it here --- your advice is needed, not just on
> topics but how we run this continuing education and networking effort)
> 
> Thanks for your help and suggestions!
> 
> Kris Layon
> U of M Web Standards & Accessibility Workgroup
> <https://wiki.umn.edu/view/CSSDEVwiki/>
> 
> 
> Kristofer D. Layon
> Director of Web Design & Online Collaboration
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