The Web Developers Users' Group met on April 28, 2004, at 11:00 AM in the Parliamentary Room, PSU 313.

Announcements

Sara Clark, Missouri State Web Coordinator, gave the following announcements:

• A student web developer position is open in the Theater and Dance department. Contact Mark Templeton for more information.
   
• IT Council reviewed an Information Technology Accessibility Action Plan, which will have some impact on web development. More information will be provided later this summer, once the plan is fully finalized.
   
• Topics for next fall's meetings include Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) and proper usage of copyrighted material.

Training opportunities

• Faculty Development in Instructional Technology workshops include courses on planning a website, FrontPage, Blackboard and several other topics. For more details see their course schedule. The training is free and open to faculty.
   
• Staff Professional Development workshops include courses on Photoshop, FrontPage and several other topics. See the training registration page for more details. The training is free and open to staff.
   
• Making Your Web Pages Accessible to Everyone
  Thursday, June 24, 2004, 2-4 PM
  Friday, July 23, 2004, 2-4 PM
  Wednesday, August 18, 2004, 9-11 AM
  The training is free and open to students, faculty and staff.
   
• Computer-based training
  Web-based training courses
  The training is free and open to students, faculty and staff.

Blog presentation

Thom Hutchison, KSMU, gave a presentation on Blogs, or dynamically updated web journals. See his presentation notes for more details.

Next meeting

No WDUG meetings will be held during the summer. The next WDUG meeting will be announced before the fall semester begins.