Held Oct. 4-5, 2021, the HighEdWeb 2021 Annual Conference was an online conference that explored and presented solutions for the unique issues facing digital teams at colleges and universities.
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General sessions
Keynote: Brutally Honest Storytelling
Shannon Cason
Award-winning storyteller, podcast host and educator
Lightning talks
Five presenters give quick presentations on content, training, data sharing and communication.
Track sessions
- 10-Day Accessibility Challenge Pilot Program
- 30 Days of HTML: Lessons Learned Presenting Training by Email
- A Web Team of One: Stop the Chaos and Set up your Game Plan
- Accessible Online Forms
- Add a Little Bit of Spice… To Your UI: An Intro to Using SVG Animations
- Bridging the Divide: Digital Recruitment of Underserved and First-Generation Student Populations
- College after COVID-19: Social’s Role in Post-Pandemic Life
- Developing for Developers
- Dynamic Blocks FTW!: Customize Gutenberg Without Living in Fear of Validation Errors
- From Prospective Student to Applicant: Hand Holding from First Click to Applying
- Full Site Editing: Embracing the Future of WordPress
- Getting to Know Google’s Core Web Vitals
- Harness the Life-changing Magic of Workshops
- How to Build Student-centered Digital Communications for Enrollment
- Inclusive Design: Thinking Beyond Accessibility
- Life After Redesign — Setting the Stage for Website Success
- Postcards from an Alternate Reality: Using Play to Rethink “Business As Usual”
- Putting Online Experience at the Heart of Enrollment Marketing
- Rethinking UAlbany’s Cost & Aid Web Strategy
- r/RecruitingOnReddit
- Robustness in Chaos: The Evolution of Drupal’s Seemingly Simplistic Primary Menu
- Sparking School Spirit on Social Media
- Supporting Neurodiversity in Content and Usability
- The Values Hack – Values Words and the Hack You Never Knew You Needed
- Transforming Higher Education with Better Data Collection
- Using Data and Automation to Drive Enrollment
- Using Empathy Maps to Improve Accessibility
- Web Personalization: Dipping Your Toes In
- Why Students Don’t Read Your Content and What to Do About It
- You’re Not Alone
Posters
- Choose Your Own (Content) Adventure: Engage Disparate Audiences Throughout a Pandemic
- Do It Yourself – 360 Virtual Tours
- EDGE Entrepreneurial Center
- Glowing Global: How a Facebook Suggestion Became a Worldwide Sensation
- How Technology Helped Keep Our Campus Open (and Safe) During the Pandemic
- IG Takeovers, Reels and TikTok
- Interacting and Engaging with Students using Accessible and Secure Apps from EmTechWIKI
- Rapid Web Development in a Post-COVID World with MLA Theme Kit
- Surviving (and Thriving) as a Team of One
- The ABCs of Generation Z: Digital Engagement for High-Achieving Students
- Using Neurodesign to Increase RFI Conversions
- UX Methods for Digital Humanities Project
- Web Accessibility & People who are Neurodivergent: We are Your Faculty, Staff and Students!
- “What Were They Thinking?!?” Using Property Charters to Help the Right People Follow the Plan