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Campus resources and other great tools we love – March 2024 Recap

March 8, 2024 /

Are you aware of all the great tools available to digital professionals at UNC?

Have you learned about a new resource or tool that you find useful or cannot live without and are willing to share?

You’ll definitely want to attend the next Web Professionals session on Thursday, March 7th @ 2pm in the Graduate Student Center (211-A West Cameron Ave.) or on Zoom. We will be sharing and documenting free, cheap, or otherwise life-simplifying tools that improve your work on the web.

Come prepared to share your personal favorites and gather suggestions of new tools that others find helpful. From photo editing to user testing, metrics reporting to code updates, this session will share a wealth of worthwhile tools.

Let’s learn from each other!

Date: Thursday, March 7, 2024
Time: 2:00 AM – 3:00 PM
Location: Graduate Student Center and Zoom
Hosts: Rachell Underhill, Gia Branciforte, Paul Cardillo, Daniel Reeves

Presentation Recap and Notes

Agenda

  • Welcome – Rachell
  • Free resources available for UNC staff, students, and faculty – Paul, Gia, Rachell
    • Departments/Groups
    • Services
    • Training/Learning
    • Tools and Coding Resources
  • Full list of free UNC resources

Remote teamwork strategies and successes – February 2024 recap

February 3, 2024 /

Remote teamwork is here to stay. What strategies have you used with your colleagues to keep every one connected and productive? What has worked well? What strategies have you abandoned?

We will hear from some of UNC colleagues and then open the floor to hear what has worked for you and your teammates!

Date: Thursday, February 1, 2024
Time: 2:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Location: Graduate Student Center and Zoom
Hosts: Rachell Underhill, Gia Branciforte, Paul Cardillo, Daniel Reeves

Presentation Recap and Notes

Agenda

  • Welcome – Rachell
  • Announcements – Rachell
    • Upcoming meetings schedule, first Thursday of each month
      • March 7
      • April 4th
      • May 2nd
      • May 2nd
      • July 11 (adjusted for July 4 holiday)
      • August 1
    • Announcing HighEdWeb 2024 North Carolina Conference
      • Tuesday, June 18, 2024
      • Held at UNC, but open to anyone in higher education
      • Submit a proposal (open until February 29)
      • Learn more: events.highedweb.org/nc24
  • Remote teamwork strategies and successes
    • Chelsea Porter, Digital Accessibility Office
    • David Eckert, Managed IT Services
    • Daniel Reeves, ResNET (Residential Networking Education & Technology)
  • Open forum/sharing

Web Professionals Catch Up – October 2023 Recap

November 10, 2023 /

This will be a low-key town-hall style Zoom meeting to discuss the future of the UNC Web Professionals Group and to share a little of what Team members learned at last week’s HighEdWeb conference in Buffalo.

Date: Friday, October 27
Time: 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Location: Zoom
Hosts: Rachell Underhill, Gia Branciforte, Paul Cardillo, Daniel Reeves

Presentation Recap and Notes

Agenda

  • Welcome – Rachell
  • We’re still here – Daniel
    • Depth and Breadth of group, goals
    • Previous presentations
  • Who are you? – Gia
  • High Ed Web Recap – Paul
  • Questions and Feedback

Meeting Items

During Meeting

Notes

  • Attendees
    • Count: 42
  • Rachell Underhill: Intro
    • History
    • Web Redesign for the Graduate School
    • History
      • Group History
        • UNC History
        • UNC Web History
      • Current Group
  • Daniel Reeves: What we do
    • What we do overview
    • Examples of past presentations (see list above for more information)
  • Gia Branciforte: Introduction
    • History
    • Current Engagement
      • No leadership level person currently
      • More collaborative
    • Polls and Survey
  • Paul Cardillo: Introduction
    • History
    • Provides Office Hours for any Web.UNC issues
    • Teams and membership logistics
      • Information about how to get access to the team
    • High Ed Web Conference – Buffalo
      • The conference was the impetus for this meeting
      • We are all in a similar boat and trying to do much with few resources
      • Steering the Circus Presentation
      • Rachell Underhill’s Presentation
        • 6 minute video of the process she used in her redesign of the website
      • General Conversation about the conference
  • Open Floor
    • Providing a space for all to talk about the conference or anything relevant
    • Group sharing
      • Networking groups around campus are coming back together
      • Web Professionals would love to connect with and collaborate on value to campus

Questions

  • Question about scope of this group: As a custom web developer, will this group be beneficial for him?
    • Daniel Reeves described how the group has helped him in his role as a custom application developer.

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