HighEdWeb becomes Digital Collegium on Nov. 1. Discover the new brand

Training the next generation of website experts through experiential learning

In the late 70s I had a T-shirt that said “Grow Your Own” with some associated graphics. Twenty years later, I decided “Grow Your Own” was the best method to find the student interns I needed to run the college’s website. Fast-forward to today, and we have developed an experiential learning center focused on the […]

You launched a new site, now what? Best practices for maintaining and improving your site

Being tasked with overseeing or managing a website (or multiple) can be daunting for any non-technical higher education administrator. From implementing regular security and maintenance updates (if that’s not handled by a central IT office) to ensuring your design and content stay fresh years after a website launch, this session is designed to give non-technical […]

UX research and testing on that ever-minimal EDU budget

With minimal school budgets, we rarely have money to spend on necessary UX approaches. We know user research and feedback is essential for successful products, but how do we get started? And how do we illustrate the cost benefits to doing all this “UX stuff” from the beginning of the project? Over the past few […]