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Empowering IU with WCMS: Numbers, Resources, and Implementation

Dive into IU's Web Content Management System (WCMS) journey, from numbers to featured sites, and resources bookmarked for success. Discover the benefits, security, and scalability of the Cascade Server that empowers users. Explore the intelligent infrastructure, tuning, and testing leveraged to enhance user experience. With guided implementation led by IU's Strategic Plan for IT, see how the IU Site Builder and other tools are shaping the digital landscape at IU. Bookmark essential resources, check featured sites, and explore the WCMS modules and templates shaping the online presence of IU.

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Empowering IU with WCMS: Numbers, Resources, and Implementation

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  1. Web Content Management IU Communications & Marketing Conference Amber Harmon UITS Enterprise Web Tech Services Greg Polit IU Public Affairs & Government Relations

  2. Topics • IU’s WCMS Implementation • Numbers • WCMS Site New • IU Site Builder New • Resources to Bookmark • Featured Sites UITS Web Tech Services

  3. IU’s WCMS Implementation • Guided by IU’s Strategic Plan for IT • benefits • empowering end-users • Cascade Server • push CMS • leverages • Intelligent Infrastructure • security • scalability • tuning & testing UITS Web Tech Services

  4. Numbers • Total sites published (IU-wide) • Total users • Site managers • Organizations • IU Site Builder sites • 496 • 2365 • 107 • 82 • 20 UITS Web Tech Services

  5. Numbers • Total sites published (IU-wide) • Total users • Site managers • Organizations • IU Site Builder sites • 496 • 2365 • 107 • 82 • 20 UITS Web Tech Services

  6. New WCMS Site http://wcms.iu.edu/ UITS Web Tech Services

  7. Resources to Bookmark • WCMS Site: https://wcms.iu.edu • IU Site Builder: https://wcms.iu.edu/sitebuilder/ • Manager tools: https://wcms.iu.edu/managers • Support: https://wcms.iu.edu/contact/ • Training: http://ittraining.iu.edu/workshops/ • Knowledge Commons: https://uisapp2.iu.edu/iukc-prd/ • Listserv: WCMS-L@indiana.edu UITS Web Tech Services

  8. Featured Sites • http://www.iub.edu/ • http://imu.indiana.edu/ • http://music.indiana.edu/ • http://stem.iub.edu/ • http://www.statewideit.iu.edu/ • http://www.iuk.edu/ • http://www.philanthropy.iupui.edu/ UITS Web Tech Services

  9. WCMS Modules • Slideshow features • Sidebar features • Hotspots • Interactive Lists • Video Players UITS Web Tech Services

  10. WCMS Templates • IU Gateway • VP for Public Affairs and Government Relations • VP for Research • IURTC (unit template) • IU Bloomington • Freshman Induction • Pedestrian Safety • Veteran’s Support Services UITS Web Tech Services

  11. IU Academic Bulletins • Currently 36 Academic Bulletins have been migrated to WCMS including all IUPUI campus bulletin and IU Northwest bulletin. • Over 13,000 courses • Over 6,000 pages • Majority of IU Bloomington schools completed, the rest scheduled to go live within the next year • Other campuses are either actively working on their bulletins or considering it. UITS Web Tech Services

  12. Bulletin course descriptions • Bulletin course descriptions are not part of the bulletins themselves. Courses are entered separately and displayed on bulletin page(s). • Courses • Courses are entered as structured data • Course folder includes a dynamic course listing • Bulletin course pages • Course listing is inserted into a page • XSLT is used to properly format the course listing • School/Department pages • Similar to bulletin pages course feeds can be inserted into other CascadeServer pages • Course feeds could also be inserted into non WCMS pages • SIS export (Student planner) • CascadeServer database publishing is used to publish courses to a MySQL database • A php script generates a text file that is imported into PeopleSoft • SIS validates content against existing data and adds course info to the student planner UITS Web Tech Services

  13. Questions? UITS Web Tech Services

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