VCU - Technology Services

There will be a web users group meeting on Tuesday, November 3 from 10:30 am to noon in Cabell Library, room B-35. Here's what we are planning to discuss:

1. Updated web standards & guidelines: We would like your feedback about the newly revised web standards & guidelines. Feel free to look them over ahead of time and bring any questions or concerns to the meeting on Tuesday.
2. Web compliance reviews: We have gone through the current list of sites and checked them for compliance with the web standards & guidelines. You can check the compliance of your site(s) ahead of the meeting. We will be contacting individual webmasters whose sites have failed to comply over the next few weeks.
3. Go.vcu.edu - Permanent and temporary keywords: We are adding in the ability to create temporary randomized, shortened URLs for use in microblogging and emails. Temporary URLs will look like this:

   http://go.vcu.edu/_1aY0
   

   You will continue to have the option of creating permanent keywords as well.
4. Copyright and Creative Commons: We have revised the copyright guidelines to allow for Creative Commons for portions of your website. In addition, we will be creating a system to track who provides content under Creative Commons.
5. CAS (Central Authentication Service) updates: Another change to the VCU web standards & guidelines - all sites and web applications with eID-based authentication will be required to use CAS for logins.
   
6. Updated notifications from the change management system: You can sign up to be notified when specific systems will be affected by upcoming changes. In addition, you can sign up to be notified when new systems are added to the change management system.
   
7. New VCU and TS websites: Over the summer, the main VCU website and the Technology Services website were updated. Have you seen them yet?
   

We look forward to seeing you at the Web Users Group meeting.