Extra! Extra! Hear all about the Stanford Report redesign!

Over the last year University Communications and its partners have been working to combine our two news website properties (news.stanford.edu and news.stanford.edu/report) into a robust content aggregation platform that delivers personalized, campus-wide news and storytelling to its end users. This session will walk through the research, process, challenges, and accomplishments that have got us where we are today. If time permits, we'll also look towards the future at our plans to evolve they system. Come hear all about it!

The old is new again: hypertexting in 2024

In response to the incredibly rapid homogenization of the internet thanks to frameworks like Bootstrap and tools like React, there has been an increasing amount of interest and work being done to "re-wild" the internet, to make it weird and fun (again). From interactive sites built around poems and short stories to community-focused projects built on closed membership and hyperlinking, there is a new breed of web designer and developer (usually one person) building websites and networks by hand.

Captchas and other gotchas: Make sure your secure website is accessible

You have spent boatloads of time battening down the hatches and making sure your ship’s hull is impenetrable to pirates and stowaways...but, security measures and accessibility don’t always play nice, and you may be inadvertently sending some of your users down the plank. Captchas, timed logins, alert pop-ups, gated content, and modals are often used for security but not all assistive technology can get their users past the barriers

Usability Basics

At Stanford, students, faculty, and staff rely on numerous applications and systems to get their work done. The usability of those systems directly impacts the experience that people have, and how effectively and efficiently they can complete their work. In this session, you will learn a basic understanding of system usability and how to spot usability issues.

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