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Mass migrations: The policy, process, people and politics of a Drupal 7 to 9/10 CMS migration

Large-scale website migrations in higher-ed are never something we look forward to. However, they can be the impetus to implement long-needed improvements to content, information architecture, usability, programing and design. With Drupal 7 end-of-life fast approaching, the Financial and Administrative Services unit within the University of Texas at Austin needed to migrate 41 websites running […]

Ad hoc identity management for parents of admitted students

Our goal was to convert our “post-deposit checklist” into a dynamic, personalized online resource that parents as well as students could use. The personalization part meant we needed to provide secure access to parents, who have no identity in our network. We solved this by providing guest accounts in Microsoft Azure that we connected to […]

Level up: Boost engagement with online games

What’s your favorite phone or computer game? If you have ever played or watched someone else play, then you know how engaging a game can be. Using gamification to boost engagement is part of the Cornell alumni marketing team strategy. But, we are a higher ed institution, not a gaming agency! We are challenged to […]