Past Events

Updating your Website to the New Iowa State Theme

Our new theme launch is just around the corner! We’ll answer all of your burning questions and give you an updated timeline for when to expect the new theme live on your website!

Organizing your Content - A Guide to Navigation

Labeling and organizing webpages can make or break a site's success. With the right thought and consideration, visitors won’t even notice - a good user experience! However, it can frustrate or even anger your visiting prospects if done poorly.

Selecting the Best Photography & Optimizing Images for Web

ISU’s new web theme features three categories to choose from when selecting photography for your site: micro-lens, macro-lens, and architectural. We’ll break down these photo categories and help you determine when to use each category to improve your site’s messaging. Don’t forget to optimize! We’ll wrap up this webinar with a quick tutorial on optimizing photos before you upload to keep your website running quickly!

How to Write for the Web

There’s a lot to keep in mind when working on content for your website.

How to Create Your Faculty Website in Minutes

Whether you need a single page digital profile to showcase your bio or a more advanced site with multiple pages and simple navigation, check out ISU Sites, websites-as-a-service for faculty.

Website Editing is Improving with a New Toolbar

The CALS/LAS web team will soon be releasing an update to your WYSIWYG editing toolbar! CKEditor 5 will feature enhanced UX, such as a simpler linking interface and a static toolbar visible when scrolling.

Course-Correcting - What to do if your site isn't reaching its goals

Finding the secret sauce for your website can sometimes take multiple iterations to get right, just like any good recipe!

Updating your website made easy + Who is my support team?

Let's go! In this webinar, you get a front row seat to talk with the people who write the coding of your website platform!

What makes a great homepage? + Open Office Hours

Presented by Ann Staniger

SEO and why it's important

What makes your website show up higher in a Google search result? How can you get your content to people when they need it? In this webinar we will explore both of these questions and dive into terminology surrounding SEO. You will learn how to define keywords and use tools to help you improve your site visits easily.

Pages vs. PDFs + Open Office Hours

When should a PDF download be used for content on your website? When should a webpage be used instead of a PDF download? In this 10-minute webinar, we will discuss these common digital information questions.

How can my website reach more future Iowa State students?

The key to targeting any primary audience is to know their essential elements. Content editors need to know what their target audience likes and what they don't. They need to know current trends and how they can meet the needs of their audience.

How to Tackle that Dated Content

How has the content on your website traversed the times? Are you stuck with pages of dusty type that no longer have owners? In this webinar we will reveal methods to clean up your digital archive.

Who is my target audience? Is my website reaching them?

Building on the last webinar, we will dive deeper into the uniqueness of your website and how you can reach your people. For some sites, that audience is future Iowa State University graduates.

Analytics, Audience, and Architecture

Join Hannah Schultes for a webinar on how your website analytics and strategic website design can help you reach your audience more effectively!

In this webinar Ann Greazel and Kristi Elmore discuss 6 main questions that they often get asked from website content editors. You will learn about how to share and store large data sets, technology behind copy-paste of images, opening windows in new browser tabs, alt text, best practices on linking pdfs from the Extension store, and appropriate heading formats.

Banners, Cards, and Photos – Cropping, Sizing, and Placing

Grab a cup of coffee and catch our next 20 minute webinar
Presented by: Ann Greazel

In this webinar, we will cover: What size should I make my image? How do I crop my image? What tools are available to help me crop my image? Why does my image get automatically cropped? How do I place an image on a page? What's the difference between a banner and link card?

Need to replace a name throughout your site? Siteimprove Policies

Grab a cup of coffee and catch our next 20 minute webinar on February 16, 2022.
Presented by: Kristi Elmore

Siteimprove Review for the New Year

Grab a cup of coffee and catch our first 20 minute webinar of the new year!
Presented by: Ann Greazel

2021-12-01 Clearly Identified Link Text

Presented by Ann Greazel