The UW homepage and websites hosted on info.uwaterloo.ca will be offline due to maintenance from 9am-11am this Sunday, April 29th. These sites include academic-support departments that are not in the WCMS. A ’splash page’ will be displayed to our website visitors during this outage.
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UW homepage and some academic-support department websites offline on April 29th 9am-11am
Posted April 26th, 2012 by Patricia L Lafranier
Unfortunately, the April 1st maintenance of info.uwaterloo.ca didn't happen. This work will now take place on Sunday, April 29th from 9am-11am. More information follows:
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SEW: May-June courses now available
Posted April 26th, 2012 by Patricia L Lafranier
Skills in the Electronic Workplace (SEW) courses during the months of May and June for faculty and staff are now available. Nine web-related courses are being offered. Check the online brochure for more details and registration information.
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UW homepage and some academic-support department websites offline on April 1st 9am-11am
Posted March 30th, 2012 by Patricia L Lafranier
The UW homepage and websites hosted on info.uwaterloo.ca will be offline due to maintenance from 9am-11am this Sunday, April 1st (no fooling!). These sites include academic-support departments that are not in the WCMS. A 'splash page' will be displayed to our website visitors during this outage.
Please note that faculty sites and sites now in the WCMS will not be affected.
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SEW: Intro to Google Analytics
Posted November 14th, 2011 by Patricia L Lafranier
Web metrics can be a powerful tool for understanding how your visitors are interacting with your website.
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SEW: Writing for the Web
Posted November 14th, 2011 by Patricia L Lafranier
This course provides tips and techniques for writing web content to effectively communicate with your website visitors.
Date: Tuesday, November 22
Time: 1:00pm– 3:00pm
Prerequisites: None
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What the Social Web Can Learn from Performance: Tummeling *Free Workshop*
Posted September 26th, 2011 by Sarah Forgrave
Free workshop offered on Wednesday September 28th, 2011 hosted by University of Waterloo's Stratford Campus. Details below:
What the Social Web Can Learn from Performance: Tummeling workshop
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Secure Software Development training
Posted September 16th, 2011 by Patricia L Lafranier
from Jason Testart, Director of Information Security Services in IST...
York University will be hosting training for secure software development (offered by IT Training Solutions) the week of October 17th (five day course). I do not know how many seats are available at this time (10 people from York will be there) but I can find out, if anyone is interested.
Details are here (the flyer contains a link to the detailed course description) :
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SEW: Facebook and Twitter at uWaterloo
Posted September 16th, 2011 by Patricia L Lafranier
In this course, we will walk through the basics of both Facebook and Twitter. We will explore how to effectively manage your identity and foster a community online. We will discuss best practices for social media within the uWaterloo online community.
Date: Thursday, September 22
Time: 10:00am-11:30am
Pre-requisite: general understanding of Facebook and Twitter
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SEW: Introduction to Web Accessibility
Posted September 16th, 2011 by Patricia L Lafranier
What does it mean for a website to be accessible? Your role as a content writer or editor is very important. This presentation will help you understand why accessibility is important and what is needed to make your website accessible. You will learn about the new Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA) and the resources available.
Date: Tuesday, October 18
Time: 1:30pm-3:00pm
Pre-requisite: none
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SEW: Writing for the Web
Posted September 16th, 2011 by Patricia L Lafranier
This course provides tips and techniques for writing web content to effectively communicate with your website visitors.
Date: Thursday, September 29
Time: 1:30pm– 3:30pm
Prerequisites: None
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