1. The Changing Campus Web November, 2003

2. December 6, 2015 page 2 Agenda 1)Introductions 2)Overview: Campus Trends 3)Overview: Lessons Learned 4)Our Approach 5)Looking Ahead 6)Discussion and Feedback

3. December 6, 2015 page 3 About Media Solutions  Stanford University Media Solutions is the professional, online communication resource for the Stanford University community.  Our full-service production group combines the latest ideas and technologies to create distinctive web sites, courseware, print materials, and online tools for research, teaching and learning. Introductions

4. December 6, 2015 page 4 Campus Trends  Applicants, students, new faculty and staff are forcing the campus to become more web-savvy.  Stanford departments are ready for more sophisticated use of their web sites. Web site as tool, not “brochure-ware”  Desire to “raise the floor” of Stanford web. Look and feel: World-class or high-school class? Functionality: On beyond Filemaker  Accessibility issues on the horizon. Overview

5. December 6, 2015 page 5 Campus Trends  In the marketplace: New tools are easing content creation and maintenance High-cost remains for CMS Open Sourcing is lowering cost of application development (but it’s still not cheap)  Identity tension remains Stanford/School/Department/Research Group Cross-disciplinary efforts  Academic/intellectual energy around the web continues to grow  Campus knowledge remains in silos, but walls are breaking down Overview

6. December 6, 2015 page 6 Lessons Learned  The web is organic.  No substitute for fresh content.  People don’t care how you are organized (really).  Help people accomplish the task they came to do.  Presentation matters. Overview

7. December 6, 2015 page 7 Lessons Learned  Phase it.  Start the train and people will jump on.  Customize strategically.  Remember how bad the old site is.  Don’t blame everything on the web project. Overview

8. December 6, 2015 page 8 Why Media Solutions  Quality products by a team of professionals  Commitment to satisfying clients  We belong to Stanford  Professional solutions available when you need them http://mediasolutions.stanford.edu Our Approach

9. December 6, 2015 page 9 What We Do  Graphic and visual identity New or high-profile centers, programs, buildings  Interactive courseware and training Include compliance-based efforts aimed at staff  Custom design and production services Build on standard platforms, integrate with larger campus efforts  Products and tools Address campus needs and budgets Our Approach

10. December 6, 2015 page 10 Products and Tools  QUAD Manage your site easily – from anywhere.  Events Calendar Effectively promote your upcoming events.  SiteBuilder Rapidly build and expand basic web sites.  Script Library Enhance your site’s functionality. Our Approach

11. December 6, 2015 page 11 Demo  QUAD Manage your site easily – from anywhere.  Events Calendar Effectively promote your upcoming events.  SiteBuilder Rapidly build and expand basic web sites.  Script Library Enhance your site’s functionality. Our Approach

12. December 6, 2015 page 12 QUAD  Dynamically-driven web site that provides: Distributed content delivery and administration Automatic links across related content Professional Stanford-tailored graphic and information design Ability to adapt and grow as you grow Our Approach

13. December 6, 2015 page 13 Events Calendar  Gather and Share Information about Upcoming Public Events Custom formats and views including both summary and detailed information about each event Easy searching, sorting, and browsing Simple updating process through a web browser and internet connection Easy upload of supporting files and images Highly controllable event submission by multiple groups or individual Data portable to other systems and calendars Our Approach

14. December 6, 2015 page 14 SiteBuilder  Basic Web Site Creation Rapidly build static websites of various sizes with up to four levels of navigation using web browser and online forms Easily transfer old site content into a new site structure Allow distributed content entry Use one click interactive sitemap to create or delete pages, re-arrange the hierarchy of pages within a site Preview entire site as content is updated before any static files have been built Our Approach

15. December 6, 2015 page 15 Script Library  Online forms  Flat-file databases  News posting and archiving  Find a specialist  Contact us Our Approach

16. December 6, 2015 page 16  Design unique look and feel  Develop or copyedit content  Perform customized data mapping  Audit and document existing site  Port existing content  Incorporate statistics package  Add video/audio  Create interactive forms Custom Services* *optional, partial list Our Approach

17. December 6, 2015 page 17 Looking Ahead  PHP, MySQL, XML  Data flow between infrastructure and individual applications  Technology clearinghouse  Accessibility standards  Higher education/nonprofit-focused applications

18. December 6, 2015 page 18 Feedback and Discussion  What questions do you have?  What are your specific needs?  How can we help you?

19. December 6, 2015 page 19 Contacts  Wynn Hausser, Director wynnh@stanford.edu, 5-9743  Penny Chumley, Producer Penny.chumley@stanford.edu,3-1191