UW Web Council

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UW Web Council
Friday, Feb. 29, 2008 Leap Day

• Working together to make the
• University of Washingtons Web
• the standard by which others are measured.

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In the beginning
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February 2006
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February 2006
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Fast forward two years
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February 2008
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February 2008
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The Web Councils Role

• Set the highest standards and best practices

Foster collaboration and cooperation
Share resources and expertise
Provide the best user experience possible
The Web Council, under the leadership of the UW
Marketing Department and guided by a
representative Steering Committee, will be made
up of any interested UW employees involved in Web
work who see the value in coming together to
address common Web issues, including standards,
best practices, templates, systems and marketing.
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Coming soon to a Web site near you!
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Fun with footers
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A brief interlude

• Did you know that every time you post to the Web,
  you're creating a public record? Don't panic,
  not all records have to be preserved and
  protected - but some do. Barbara Benson, the UW's
  records management expert, will give us a primer
  on what we need to know about public records on
  our Web sites and answer your questions. Barbara
  is director of the UW's Records Management
  Services. Please welcome her

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Working Groups Form
The Web Council will subdivide into working
groups to deal with specific issues of common and
widespread interest. The full council will
meet quarterly to share ideas, issues, solutions
and proposals. The working groups will meet as
often as group members deem appropriate, with a
goal of reporting their progress to the full
council at the quarterly meetings. Topics for
working groups could include any or all of the
following
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Working Groups form

• Audio, video, multimedia (Andre Tan)
• Style guides (Jeff Hendrickson)
• Content Management Systems (Melody Winkle, Ann
  Whitney)
• Design/Templates/CSS (Jason Beard)
• User - personas, scenarios, testing (Jennifer
  Ward)
• Search (Melody Winkle, Ann Whitney) 
• Web analytics and metrics (Mark Stewart)
• Accessibility (Rick Ells)
• Intranet (Gina Hills)
• Web marketing and electronic communications
  (Elise Daniel)
• Public Records (John Burkhardt)
• Wasp/Security (Eliot Lim, Cheryl Hammond)

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Get involved, join the fun!
https//wiki.cac.washington.edu/display/uwweb