http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/webmaster-2007/sessions/ Details of the Institutional Web Management Workshop 2007 Parallel Sessions en-GB 2007-04-13 http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/resources/images/ukoln-logo/logo.gif http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/ http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/webmaster-2007/sessions/dunning/ Andrew Cormack, Richard Dunning and Andy Powell, Eduserv will investigate the relationships between institutional single sign-on, Athens, Shibboleth, the UK Access Management Federation and more recent developments like OpenID and CardSpace and will give participants an opportunity to ask questions of a panel of experts from the community. 2007-07-16 http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/webmaster-2007/sessions/nicholson/ Debbie Nicholson, Web Support Officer, Web Support Unit, University of Essex will investigate the ways in which web-based resources can be used to develop and support WP initiatives and how these could be transferred to other areas within the Institution. 2007-07-16 http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/webmaster-2007/sessions/stevenson/ Adrian Stevenson, Internet Services, The University of Manchester will be uploading extracts of video taken during IWMW, at the same time exploring the ease of use, advantages and pitfalls of the service. He will consider the benefits of sharing video via YouTube and aim to encourage delegates to upload their own video snippets during the conference. 2007-07-16 http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/webmaster-2007/sessions/mackintosh/ Paul Kelly and William Mackintosh, University of York will discuss various web usage statistics packages. 2007-07-16 http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/webmaster-2007/sessions/gardler/ Ross Gardler, OSS Watch, University of Oxford and Andrew Savory, Managing Director, Sourcesense UK will consider what makes a service usable and sustainable? Is it one that offers you a service level agreement (SLA)? Or is it one that has sufficient clients that it is likely to survive long-term? And can a service that is principally a "social" service be sustainable? And how might communities of practice relate to the sustainability of an open service? 2007-07-16 http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/webmaster-2007/sessions/smith/ Stuart Smith, MIMAS considers that we live in a time in which a plethora of portable computing devices are available such as mobile phones, handheld computers, gaming devices and movie and music players. These devices offer powerful computing power, often on a par with desktop computers of only a few years ago. Additionally, they are increasingly have wireless connectivity to the Internet. These devices are in wide spread usage and are considered affordable by many students and academics. The array of portable computing power can be bewildering this session will look at options available and how they might used by institutions to increase the learning value for students. 2007-07-16 http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/webmaster-2007/sessions/tonkin/ In a follow-up to last year's session, User testing on a shoestring budget, Emma Tonkin, UKOLN, demonstrates two methods of user testing. One, the cognitive walkthrough, an be carried out by a single evaluator. The second, the think-aloud protocol, is all about observing the way Web visitors interact with your Web site. 2007-07-16 http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/webmaster-2007/sessions/rahtz/ Sebastian Rahtz, Oxford University Computing Services, Patrick H. Lauke, University of Salford and Nigel Bradley, Web Services Manager, IT Services, Northumbria University will encourage delegates to put together a set of small demonstrations of applications in different institutions (at least Salford, Bath, Oxford and Northumbria), discuss different techniques of acquiring and storing data, see whether there are any useful inter-institutional collaborations to work on. 2007-07-16 http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/webmaster-2007/sessions/wilson2/ Phil Wilson, University of Bath will consider how Google's famous for it, Flickr's moved to Gamma, Moo are on an eternal 1.0 - yet still in institutions we plod on with a tired, slow-moving and opaque process for developing and enhancing applications. From our closed support lines to official notices on unread Web sites and applications mysteriously changing in front of a user's very eyes we look staid and tedious. But it doesn't have to be like that, we could be fast faced and interactive - but at what cost? Continuity? Uptime? 2007-07-16 http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/webmaster-2007/sessions/doyle/ Keith Doyle, Salford University explains that the aim of information architecture is to improve the information ecology which is made up of the interaction between users, content and context. What is the process and methodology required to develop an information architecture? What are the key tools and enabling services which are required to implement information architecture? How is this process evolving at Salford? There will be a chance to look at the information architecture of institutional web sites, tips for improving the design of sub-sites, and we will look at and discuss real world examples. 2007-07-17 http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/webmaster-2007/sessions/gibbons/ Claire Gibbons, Web Officer (Marketing and Communications), University of Bradford and Russell Allen, Project Manager (Portal and CMS), Management Information Services, University of Bradford will help delegates gain an understanding of 'organisational culture' and the effect this can have on change management and/or system implementation. 2007-07-17 http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/webmaster-2007/sessions/sargan/ Helen Sargan, University of Cambridge will show that there are several realistic alternatives to using a slide presentation tool such as Powerpoint or similar. she'll give an overview and demo of several Web-based alternatives with the pros and cons of using them, a profile of the constituencies who would benefit, and what skills and support they might need to succeed. 2007-07-17 http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/webmaster-2007/sessions/sloan/ David Sloan, Digital Media Access Group, University of Dundee and Simon Ball, Techdis will think about how we promote contextual accessibility as an institutional standard? How can we encourage web authors to use diverse solutions to optimise accessibility, while making sure that basic principles of accessible design are met? 2007-07-17 http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/webmaster-2007/sessions/walker/ Pete Walker, Internet Development Manager, ILRT, University of Bristol and Stuart Church, Pure Usability Twill provide an insight into common pitfalls of Web sites and outline some easy methods to undercover how your site is being perceived and how it can be improved. 2007-07-17 http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/webmaster-2007/sessions/wilson/ Scott Wilson, CETIS, Ben Ryan, KaiNao, Manchester Metropolitan University and Vashti Zarach, CETIS will invite attendees to critique the XCRI concept and comment in particular on the challenges and opportunities for implementing XCRI in their own organisations. 2007-07-17 http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/webmaster-2007/sessions/thrower/ Matt Thrower, UKOLN, University of Bath will talk about UKOLN's Web site redesign and the problems involved. Come along and discuss how we solved these and other problems and what lessons could be learned for your institution. 2007-07-17 http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/webmaster-2007/sessions/kelly/ Brian Kelly, UKOLN, University of Bath and Steven Warburton, Kings College London will consider community. Members of institutional Web management teams have helped to develop a sustainable community through use of mailing lists, such as the web-support and website-info-mgt JISCMail lists (which are very successful in sharing tips and receiving advice on problems) and participation at the IWMW series of workshops (which provide an opportunity for members of the community to meet, hear about new trends and best practices and to share concerns). 2007-07-17 http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/webmaster-2007/sessions/smith2/ Dan Smith, The University of Southampton will use his experience of rolling out a successful Web CMS to help attendees with potential problems. 2007-07-17