2008 Presenter Materials
Session Tracks
- Progressive Strategies (PST)
- Penn State Services (PSS)
- Web Development (WED)
- Best Practices/Usability/Accessibility (BPU)
- Communications (COM)
- Building Community (BUC)
- Poster Sessions (POS)
Progressive Strategies (PST)
PST1: Do-It-Yourself User Testing: The Live Demo
Steve Krug, author of Don’t Make Me Think: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability
PST2: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Web Teams
Mark Greenfield, Director of Web Services, University at Buffalo
Visit Mark's web site for materials
PST3: It’s the End of the Web as We Know It Redux
Mark Greenfield, Director of Web Services, University at Buffalo
Visit Mark's web site for materials
PST4: Why Microformats?
Daniel Frommelt, University World Wide Web Coordinator, University of Wisconsin-Platteville
Penn State Services (PSS)
PSS1: Roles and Attributes with Groups
Jimmy Vuccolo, Manager/Research Programmer, ITS, Penn State
PSS2: Web-Based Access Control for ITS Web Services, Present and Future (Part II - The Future is Imminent) (with 2008 updates)
Link to Jeff's Presentation.
Jeff D’Angelo, Systems Analyst/Programmer, ITS, Penn State and Jimmy Vuccolo, Manager/Research Programmer, ITS, Penn State
PSS3: Cyberinfrastructure and the Read/Write Web
Jim Leous, Team Leader, ITS Emerging Technologies, Penn State and Jeff Nucciarone, Senior Research Programmer, Penn State
PSS4: Security for a New Age
Jenn Stewart, IPAS Project Technical Coordinator, Penn State and Mike Leach, IPAS Project Manager, Penn State
Web Development (WED)
WED1: An Integrated Web Workflow With Adobe Creative Suite 3
Tim Plumer, Jr., Sr. Solutions Engineer, NA Education Sales Adobe Systems Incorporated
WED2: Migrating Your Site to Plone: Case Studies Highlighting Different Approaches
Rose Pruyne, Web Administrator, Penn State, Catherine Williams, Programmer/Analyst, Penn State, Jeanne Spicer, Population Research Institute / Social Science Research Institute, Penn State and Joe DeLuca, IST/ Solutions Institute, Penn State
WED3: Using Eclipse for Web Development
Joe DeLuca, Programmer/Analyst, Solutions Institute, College of IST, Penn State
WED4: Photoshop: Automation and Actions
Alan Klein, IT Training Specialist, Penn State
Best Practices/Usability/Accessibility (BPU)
BPU1: What Not to Wear on the Web
Nikki Massaro Kauffman, Technology Training Coordinator, Penn State, Natalie Harp, Instructional Design Assistant, Penn State, Robin Smail, Instructional Design Assistant, Penn State, and Andrew Calvin, Web Developer, Penn State
BPU2: CSS: Intermediate to Advanced
Mark Heckel, Information Technology Trainer, Penn State
BPU3: Conducting User-Centered Design Tests in Five Minutes or Less
Matthew Winkel, Communications Officer for Web and New Media at TCNJ
BPU4: Applying Universal Design Principles to the Web: Understanding Web Accessibility
Kel Smith, Principal, Anikto LLC
Communications (COM)
COM1: Communications in Higher Education IT Organizations: Nuances, Challenges, and Successes
Karen Hackett, Project Manager-Associate/Marketing Coordinator, ITS, Penn State and Jim Leous, Team leader, ITS Emerging Technologies, Penn State
COM2: Lightning Talks
Christian Vinten-Johansen, Information Technology Manager, TLT-ITS, Penn State
COM3: Managing IT Solutions for Long Term Success
Diane Weller, Team Leader, Web and Communications Services, Penn State
COM4: Poster and Vendor Sessions
Building Community (BUC)
BUC1: Creating and Customizing Your Blog
Elizabeth Pyatt, Instructional Designer, Penn State and Brad Kozlek, Manager/Programmer, Penn State
BUC2: Developing the Penn State Libraries Application for Facebook
Binky Lush, Web Designer/Developer, Penn State, and Chris Stubbs, Programmer/Analyst, Penn State
BUC3: Blogs and Wikis for Internal Communications
Nikki Massaro Kauffman, Technology Training Coordinator, Penn State, Nancy Hallberg, Programmer/Analyst, Penn State, and Robin Smail, Instructional Design Assistant, Penn State
BUC4: Tapping into Web 2.0 and Social Networking Tools for Marketing and Communications at a Large Enrollment University
Derick Burns, Publicity Coordinator, Penn State, Mary Janzen, Associate Editor, Penn State, Jamie Oberdick, Associate Editor, Penn State, and Tara Caimi, Marketing Coordinator, Penn State
Poster Sessions
POS1: Best Practices When Creating a Custom 404 Page
Rob Dickerson, Database Administrator/Webmaster, Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, Penn State
POS2: College of the Liberal Arts Scholarship Application System: Using the Generalized Interface for web application access to Penn State data
Edward (Ned) Balzer, Programmer/Analyst, College of Liberal Arts, Penn State
POS3: Growing an Open Source Community
Christian Vinten-Johansen, Information Technology Manager, Information Technology Services
POS4: IPv6 Essentials for Web Developers
Derek Morr, Senior Systems Programmer, ITS, Penn State
POS5: Learning Management Solution - Implementation Best Practices and Gotchas
Ann Guerrisi-Hawn, Senior Systems Analyst, and Jennifer Basom, Senior Programmer/Analyst, Penn State College of Medicine at the Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
POS6: New Penn State Access Account Storage Space (PASS) — What Web Programmers and Developers need to know
Phil Pishioneri, Manager/Research Programmer, Information Technology Services, Penn State
POS7: The Road to Collaborative Success: Overcoming Obstacles to Provide Hands-On Teaching and Learning Through Adobe Connect
Heather Huntsinger, IT Training Specialist, Penn State and Chris Lucas, Assistant Director ITS Training Services, Penn State
POS8: Groups and Roles at Penn State
James Vuccolo, Manager/Research Programmer, Information Technology Services, Penn State
POS9: WebLion Garage
Erik Rose, Programmer/Analyst, Information Technology Services, Penn State