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Breaking up with vendors: Taking on complexity to keep things simple

We live in a modern world where vendors can provide your college with cloud-based, enterprise-level solutions. Why then, would anyone decide to build a new “application and registration” system from scratch? Initially, this was not a project my small team wanted to take on. However, after several expensive false starts with vendors, we came to […]

Heuristics of neurodesign: boost user joy, action and ease

Neurodesign is an emerging field of design practice that accounts for how our brains are wired to create designs that promote simplicity, emote joy and drive action. Since humans are visually dominant, how we perceive and attend visual stimuli should be of particular interest to user experience (UX) designers. This is why nuerodesign is important. To […]

Your web copy sucks and it’s all your fault! Writing effective and engaging content

Let’s face it, not everyone “writes good.” Poor writing plagues many higher education websites. Learn the basics of how to use plain language and active voice to translate (often long-winded) Ph.D.-level writing into easy-to-follow content. This session will step you through several examples of tech writing best practices that will step up your online writing game. […]