Design for Western Washington University's Colleges

A presentation on the process for creating the design for the new College Drupal websites at Western Washington University

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1. Designs for College Sites Western Theming for Academic Units using Drupal
2.   August 2011: New Homepage delivered   Spring 2012: Requirements for College sites defined; Design team launched   September 2012: Developer hired to build Drupal template for College and Department sites   Fall 2012: WCE and CFPA started their sites   Late fall 2012: Design finalized in response to user surveys Project History
3. Designers from Across Campus:   Admissions   Including a Student Employee   College of Fine and Performing Arts   University Communications   ATUS ALSO: User Surveys in August and November Design: A Team Effort
4.   August Survey   15 responses helped us determine problem areas in our designs   November Survey   138 responses showed us the best-liked aspects of the three candidate designs   Final design combined most successful aspects of the draft designs Design: User Surveys  
5. Design: Accessibility First   Mobile Access built in – automatically adjusts for phone and tablet use   Human Access built in   Meets color contrast recommendations   Supports keyboard only or mouse use
6. Supports College Customizations   Header Image   College name can be text or logo   Menu and Navigation   Different colleges have different navigation needs   Colors and Styles of Graphics and Content in Content Area   Footer Links
7. Final College Design
8. http://west.wwu.edu/atus/web/college-­‐designs-­‐final.shtml     Western  Header     College  Header  and   Menu  Bar       Content  for  College  or   Department                   College  Footer   Western  Footer  Insert  
9. Variations Welcome
10. College   Status   Woodring actively moving their content to Drupal CFPA began the move to Drupal, but lost their developer and will be stalled for a bit CBE recently relaunched much of their static site, and have started working on their Drupal site Huxley will start the process after hiring a web coordinator this term Gradschool revamping their current template site, interested in Drupal College Status
11.   Convert design to Drupal theme (in progress)   Test theme on various devices   Work with each college to develop custom content styles   Start talks with next colleges   Install automation tools to speed creation and maintenance of new sites Next Steps
12. Questions?