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High Ed Hangout episodes

  • HEH 5: I’m Not a Nerd, Nerds are Smart

    Page-turn PDF viewers, smartphone apps, virtual tours, and how The University of Waterloo protects its students from geese.

    • Magazine page turning (PDF viewers)
      • Not accessible
        • “If we use it we could be sued”
        • Create dynamic web content as an alternative
        • Re-purpose source material into new and interesting interfaces (tablet/smartphone/magic new device)
        • University Smartphone Apps
          • Use cases (vs app-like website)
          • Who builds the app? Why isn’t it a full-time job commitment?
            • GVSU: central web builds APIs, computer science class maintains/updates app features each year
            • http://goose-watch.uwaterloo.ca
            • Virtual tours
              • 360 VR Camera
                • http://kodakpixpro.com/Americas/cameras/actioncam/sp3604k/
              • Youtube  360 examples:
                • https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzuqhhs6NWbgTzMuM09WKDQ
              • Student-generated content? Gallery of 360 degree shots of campus.
                • 57 min
              • HEH 4: Just Smashing…

                Highlights from the Smashing Conference in New York, Custom 404 pages, beautiful calligraphy and more.

                Smashing Conference Update from Scott and Dan

                http://smashingconf.com/ny-2016/schedule

                Design for touch

                • Future input devices (touch+keyboard/mouse, voice, etc.)
                • Design everything bigger: touch first
                • Can’t assume based solely on screensize alone anymore

                  • SVG

                  • Responsive SVG

                    • Shared pattern language

                    • Take an interface, cut it up
                    • Sort elements into like piles
                    • Share with team to help name the piles
                    • Apply common language for element naming

                      • Physical interfaces

                      • http://bluetoothbeacons.com/

                        • Seb Lester (Calligraphy)

                        • https://www.instagram.com/seblester/
                        • http://www.seblester.com/

                          • CSS Modules

                          • Reduce long selectors
                          • Each selector is given a unique name
                          • Templating library converts
                          • CSS Source Mapping

                            • Custom 404

                            • Entertaining or useful?
                            • Tracking?
                            • Pages have moved
                            • Self-reporting
                              • 1 hr 2 min
                            • HEH 3: Strongly a Booger Head

                              Learn how the (high ed) hangout got started with the HEH! origin story. Site performance: Dan spills his guts on how he got a 100 on the Google page-speed test.

                              • UrbanDictionary Word of the Day: Breastie?
                              • Origin Story (SXSW 2007, 2008)
                              • Mobile admission application experiences
                              • How do you plan for web groups
                                • Audiences
                                • Presentations?
                                • Site (Dan’s) Performance
                                  • https://www.ampproject.org/
                                  • Client-side caching
                                  • srcset and sizes
                                  • Image compression
                                  • 100/100 on Google Bay-bee!

                                    • 1 hr 12 min
                                  • HEH 2: Is your site accessible?

                                    This episode takes a deep dive into accessibility and how we try to keep our sites accessible.

                                    • Accessibility
                                      • WCAG 2.0 AA is the rule for all our schools
                                        • SiteImprove (GVSU, UALR)
                                        • Compliance Sherif (Iowa)
                                        • We need a tool that checks on the fly for content editors – or an API into existing checkers.
                                        • Training should be provided to content editors with a mention of accessibility.
                                          • How do you re-priorities the resources for training?
                                          • Recent lawsuits make it hard to react.
                                          • Captioning Video – it’s easy for short videos and really tough (expensive) to do longer lectures etc.
                                            • Youtube captioning tool
                                            • SubtitleEdit

                                              • 59 min
                                            • HEH 1: Yeesh, who still uses Firefox?!?

                                              Site search options, browsers, computer platform of choice, and more…

                                              • Site Search (what do you use?)
                                                • Google Custom search with a Google Appliance at GVSU
                                                • Library Search (collections vs. website)
                                                • Firefox or Chrome?
                                                  • Safari is the new IE
                                                  • Everyone uses Chrome now (except for Scott, who likes his plugins)
                                                  • What machines do the Geeks use?
                                                    • All Mac, no Windows
                                                    • Let’s analyze Apple…
                                                      • Are They simplifying too much with MacOS?
                                                        • 56 min
                                                      • HEH 0: Take a Ride on the Carousel

                                                        OK, here we go… the very first hangout!

                                                        The geeks talk web carousels, site navigation and how to determine your site audience.

                                                        • Carousels
                                                          • Homepage Audience?
                                                          • Prospective students?
                                                          • Current students?
                                                          • Athletics fans?
                                                          • Alumni?
                                                            • 1 hr 1 min

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