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Register now for free, online Web design training; starts Feb. 13

Posted on by Sarah Silva

Registration is now open for the free, online Web design training class being offered by the Information Technology Assistance Center this spring. The 12-week class begins Monday, Feb. 13, and is designed to introduce K-Staters to the fundamental concepts, terminology, and best practices of Web design.

The class is free and open to all current K-State employees and students.  It requires preregistration and purchasing the book Learning Web Design: A Beginner’s Guide to (X)HTML, Style Sheets, and Web Graphics, 3rd edition, by Jennifer Niederst Robbins.

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Register now for free, online Web Design training

Posted on by Sarah Silva

Registration is now open for the free, online Web Design training class being offered by the Information Technology Assistance Center this fall. The 12-week class begins Monday, Sept. 12, and is designed to introduce K-Staters to the fundamental concepts, terminology, and best practices of web design. The class is free; open to all current K-State employees and students; and requires pre-registration.

The class will be conducted online via K-State Online and will cover:

  • HTML markup for structuring webpages
  • Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) for presentation in webpages
  • An overview of Adobe Dreamweaver Creative Suite 5.5

Each week, class members will be required to read articles and book chapters, view videos, and then complete and submit assigned exercises. The class will require purchasing a textbook and signing up for a free Dropbox account. Questions about the course can be sent to Sarah Silva (gr8ful@k-state.edu).

Web Editors meeting Tuesday, May 3

Posted on by Janelle Corkill

The next Web Editors meeting is 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 3, in Room 211 of the Leadership Studies Building. Discussion will include updates on the K-State web content management system, social media, and other central web projects. The meetings are open to departmental web editors.

New K-State homepage for 2011

Posted on by Betsy Edwards

K-State's new homepage went live Jan. 18, 2011A new K-State homepage went live last Tuesday, Jan. 18, and was deployed by the Division of Communications and Marketing. The new format includes:

  • A streamlined format
  • Improved navigation
  • Redesigned top and bottom banners
  • Social-media links (bottom right) to K-State sites for Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, RSS, and Gowalla

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Register now for free, online Web Design training

Posted on by Sarah Silva

Registration is now open for the free, online Web Design training class being offered by the Information Technology Assistance Center this spring. The 12-week class begins Monday, Jan. 24, and is designed to introduce K-Staters to the fundamental concepts, terminology, and best practices of web design. The class requires pre-registration.

The class will be conducted online via K-State Online and will cover:

  • HTML markup for structuring webpages
  • Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) for presentation in webpages
  • Adobe Dreamweaver Creative Suite 5

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Oct. 4 registration deadline for Web Design Fundamentals at K-State online course

Posted on by Cathy Rodriguez

Monday, Oct. 4, is the deadline to register for the free, online course “Web Design Fundamentals at K-State” being offered by iTAC. The ten-week course begins Tuesday, Oct. 5, and is designed to introduce K-Staters to the fundamental concepts, terminology, and best practices of web design. K-Staters who maintain webpages and want to gain more in-depth knowledge of XHTML and CSS will find this course helpful.

Each week, students will sign in to K-State Online at their convenience and complete the readings and exercises assigned. Students will need to spend an estimated 2-4 hours a week on the coursework, although they are not required to sign in at a specific time.

Questions about the course can be sent to Sarah Silva (gr8ful@k-state.edu) or Cathy Rodriguez (cathyr@k-state.edu).

Free, online course on Web Design Fundamentals at K-State

Posted on by Cathy Rodriguez

The Information Technology Assistance Center is offering a free, online course on “Web Design Fundamentals at K-State.” This ten-week course begins Tuesday, Oct. 5, and is designed to introduce K-Staters to the fundamental concepts, terminology, and best practices of web design. The course requires pre-registration.

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Monitor website traffic with Google Analytics

Posted on by Shalin Hai-Jew

One of the foremost website-analysis tools is Google Analytics, a free tool that may be placed on a server to monitor the site’s traffic from around the world.

The report itself offers a visual dashboard of trend-lines over time based on the number of visits. There are also actual numbers reflected.

SampleDashboard

A technical profile shows which browsers were used to arrive at the site as well as the connection speed of site visitors. This helps site designers decide what sorts of content to deliver in terms of the required speed to access or download the content. (For example, simulations, videos, and narrated slideshows may require high bandwidth for access.)  Continue reading “Monitor website traffic with Google Analytics” →

New Information Technology website now live

Posted on by lcarlin

The new Information Technology Services (ITS) website is now “live” at www.k-state.edu/its. This new website is one of our key 2009 initiatives to improve communication within ITS and with our campus users regarding available services.

The website is being implemented in several stages, with this initial version focusing on making it easier for users to find the services they need and presenting the newly consolidated ITS and its service units as a coherent, branded IT organization serving K-State. The website replaces www.k-state.edu/InfoTech as the entry to ITS services.

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Optimize websites for mobile-phone access

Posted on by astroot

With the increasing popularity of Internet-enabled phones (specifically Wi-Fi-enabled phones like the Apple iPhone), it is advisable that web developers test their webpages on phones to see how they will be displayed to a user on a phone. One of the main issues with mobile phones, of course, is that the screen is much smaller than a typical desktop monitor or laptop.

To remedy this problem, it is fairly simple to create a mobile-optimized version of a website and present the content in a more legible format.  Recently, the Registrar’s Office put into production a mobile-optimized (specifically iPhone/iPod touch) version of their website.

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