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1 WHAT’S NEW IN UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO’S WEB Andrew McAlorum amcalorum@uwaterloo.caamcalorum@uwaterloo.ca Pavol Chvala pavol.chvala@uwaterloo.capavol.chvala@uwaterloo.ca Nate Vexler nate.vexler@uwaterloo.canate.vexler@uwaterloo.ca Kevin Paxman kpaxman@uwaterloo.cakpaxman@uwaterloo.ca Web Development and Support Information Systems & Technology University of Waterloo WatITis.2015

2 THE TEAM WatITis.2015

3 IT SERVICE MANAGEMENT WatITis.2015

4 3 YEAR PLAN Web Development’s strategic plan for 2015- 2017 Progress kept up to date Available online https://uwaterloo.ca/inform ation-systems- technology/about/organizat ional-structure/client- services/3-year-plan https://uwaterloo.ca/inform ation-systems- technology/about/organizat ional-structure/client- services/3-year-plan WatITis.2015

5 WCMS VISION STATEMENT Waterloo Content Management System (WCMS) is the University of Waterloo’s easy to use website creation tool; through constant innovation, collaboration, and client- centred service, we aim to provide the best web experience in Canadian higher education. WatITis.2015

6 PRIORITIZED FEATURE REQUESTS Ranked by Web Advisory Committee to ensure our priorities are aligned with out stakeholders Ensures our development priorities are aligned with our stakeholders https://uwaterloo.ca/web-resources/wcms-users/features-functionality/requested WatITis.2015

7 DEVELOPMENT ROADMAP Our plan to achieve short and long term goals Transparency; developing in the open Forecast and coordinate WCMS developments https://uwaterloo.ca/web-resources/wcms-users/features-functionality/development-roadmap WatITis.2015

8 SERVICE LEVEL EXPECTATIONS & OPERATIONAL LEVEL AGREEMENTS SLE sets service level expectations for clients of all our services and outlines service level targets which we are committed to, such as availability and uptime, notifications of instances and maintenance, and response times. Starting to formalize OLAs with units that use WCMS, piloted with the Library https://uwaterloo.ca/web-resources/resources/web-guidelines-and-policies/web-development-core-service-level-expectations WatITis.2015

9 METHODOLOGY WatITis.2015

10 AGILE/LEAN Earlier delivery of business value Improved quality Efficient descoping Early reduction of technical risk Good enough is better than perfect Continual improvement WatITis.2015

11 CADENCE WatITis.2015

12 PORTAL WatITis.2015

13 PORTAL Completed rollout to all students Granted access to all Nexus users by end of 2015 Developed Portal SDK 1.0 and 2.0 Ran 2 hackathon’s (March and October) Completed redesigns from student feedback in collaboration with MSC designers Completely revamped and redesigned our backend API Much improved Identity Management system in the portal backend allowing us to identify and target groups of students with relevant content more precisely Widgets released Awards, athletics shoetags, blogs, computer labs, feds clubs & services, exams assigned seating, open classrooms, campus map, it services, opportunities, orientation, to do, watcard WatITis.2015

14 PORTAL APP iOS, Android native applications in development Push Notifications Offline access Persistent authentication Native UI/UX – swipe, gestures, etc. WatITis.2015

15 OPEN DATA WatITis.2015

16 OPEN DATA YEAR IN REVIEW Outreach/Education: Course - Introduction to APIs SEW126 Active participation with coursework HLTH 473 / HSG 620 Office Hours (Internal and External clients) Collaborations Hackathons More data (e.g. GTFS real-time) Work for Clients (and everyone benefits) Campus Map WCMS Portal Internal Infrastructure Continuous Integration improvements Comparison against similar systems out there WatITis.2015

17 OPEN DATA ONGOING / FUTURE IST/ABOUT/ORGANIZATIONAL-STRUCTURE/CLIENT-SERVICES/3-YEAR-PLAN Outreach/Education Improve documentation (make it more interactive) Continuation of Office Hours Work for Clients (and everyone benefits) Target non-developer business analysts w/ prototyping/production tools Support for non other APIs (Learn API) Improve GIS features of API (in support of Campus Map) API Support for Research Data Create Once Publish Everywhere Support Write to API Internal Improvements Improve CIA: Confidentiality/Integrity/Accessibility Operation Level Agreements between Open Data and Data Stewards/Primary Custodians Continuous Integration Self-provisioned / Quick to provision architecture Investigating the handling of large amounts of time-series data CRUD support to API HATEOS (Hypermedia as the Engine of Application State) WatITis.2015

18 CAMPUS MAP WatITis.2015 https://uwaterloo.ca/map

19 WCMS WatITis.2015

20 WCMS WCMS 1.10 – February Scheduled content publishing Submit RTs from dashboard Site specific search Google Universal Analytics support Decimal ordered lists 1.10.1, 1.10.2 minor releases Collaborate 2.0 – June Fully responsive, Drupal 7 version of the Collaborate site WCMS 1.11 – June Job and Volunteer Opportunities content type Blog commenting Facebook Open Graph and Twitter Card support for enhanced social media sharing Upgraded, Responsive WYSIWYG Editor Vimeo support Tint support Matlab file type support 1.11.1, 1.11.2 minor releases WCMS Publications Beta – September Publish digital versions of articles Manage issues and volumes of digital publications Archive older issues Publication sections/categories Featured and promotional content areas Social media integration WCMS 1.12 – September Bibliography content type to list scholarly publications Embedded Timeline Scholarships and Student Awards content type Site-wide authenticated access Mailchimp integration Syntax highlighting in source view of the editor 1.12.1, 1.12.2 minor releases WatITis.2015

21 WCMS RESPONSIVE REDEVELOPMENT WatITis.2015

22 ‘AVAILABLE IN A VARIETY OF SIZES’ Faculties, Departments, Schools, and Units (FDSU) Publications Single Page Sites Conferences Researcher Websites COPE – Content Marketing Hub Home Page WatITis.2015

23 PUBLICATIONS A mobile-friendly, responsive template specifically designed for digital versions of University of Waterloo publications including newsletters, reports and magazines. Decoupled Drupal environment Backend is WCMS familiar to site maintainers Frontend is Angular.JS Currently in BETA, fully released for January 2016. https://uwaterloo.ca/state-of-the-university/ WatITis.2015

24 SINGLE PAGE SITES WCMS template for small sites Highlight initiatives, programs, stories related to an overarching theme Micro-site, or single page application Responsive, mobile-friendly Available by request in February 2016 https://uwaterloo.ca/entrepreneurship/ WatITis.2015

25 CONFERENCES Working with an external web development and design firm to develop a WCMS conference template. To be used for all University of Waterloo hosted conferences. WatITis, OHD Staff conference, etc. 60 groups use Conference Services each year Available by request in January 2016 WatITis.2015

26 RESEARCHER WEBSITES Personal websites for faculty and researchers account for a significant footprint of UW web Bio, CV, Publications, Courses, etc. OpenScholar Drupal distribution, developed by Harvard Used by Harvard, Princeton, uPenn, Berkeley Available by request in Spring 2016 WatITis.2015

27 FDSU RESPONSIVE Faculty, Departments, Schools, and Units design Styling improvements, new look and feel, responsive, mobile-first approach Our primary focus right now Piloting with IST website in conjunction with new IT Service Catalog in Dec. 2015 Available by request in April 2016 WatITis.2015

28 COPE Create Once, Publish Everywhere Popularized by NPR Build Content Management Systems, not Web Publishing Tools Separate Content from Display Content Modularity/Syndication Content Portability API based Enter content on one site, and have it appear on others WatITis.2015

29 REDESIGNED HOMEPAGE Working closely with UW Brand Refinement Project Team in 2016 to align new web design with new UW Brand Strategy Bruce Mau Design Fall 2016 Release WatITis.2015

30 QUESTIONS? Andrew McAlorum amcalorum@uwaterloo.caamcalorum@uwaterloo.ca Pavol Chvala pavol.chvala@uwaterloo.capavol.chvala@uwaterloo.ca Nate Vexler nate.vexler@uwaterloo.canate.vexler@uwaterloo.ca Kevin Paxman kpaxman@uwaterloo.cakpaxman@uwaterloo.ca Web Development and Support Information Systems & Technology University of Waterloo WatITis.2015

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