A total of 45 sites have now been migrated into the new content management system, with 18 more scheduled to move this week. Looks like we're moving pretty quickly! Several training sessions are already filled, if you haven't signed up yet, now is the time! Schedule your training here.

For those of you already migrated, what do you think?

General Information
The new web content management system is ready for website migration. Content author training has started.

The university is currently working to replace Documentum with a better content management system.

For content authors, this means updating your website will be easier in the future.

For the academic web site project, this means putting things on pause temporarily. Much of the electronic marketing communication team's work during the academic web site project is directly affected by the change in the content management system. In fact, once the switch is complete we anticipate the new content management system will help to expedite the process of renovating the academic web sites.

In short, because of the wide-reaching change in the content management system, we will not be able to complete the academic web site renovation before the third quarter of 2011 as we once hoped. However, we will continue to work with academic content authors once the new content management system is in place. We will also continue to post updates on www.webresources.mst.edu.

If you would like to begin preparing your academic site for renovation you can take the following steps:

• Review the content on your web site. Remove unneeded information or update outdated content.
• Identify the content authors and stakeholders within your program or department. You may consider setting up monthly meetings with this group to discuss the program or department's web presence. Also, this may be a good time to identify who is responsible for what content and how often that content needs to be updated.
• Become familiar with web resources that are already available to you by visiting www.webresources.mst.edu. You will find instructions for downloading photos from the university Flickr account, embedding videos from the university YouTube channel and more ...

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Thank you again for your input!

Many of you asked for photo and video resources. So, we created "Photo resources" and "Video resources" pages on the blog. Please feel free to comment with questions or suggestions.

The pages appear in the menu to the right.

Note: The suggested video and photo dimensions in these resources are specific to the new website measurements and are different from your current site. We are beginning to meet with departments next week. Once your department meets with the Electronic Marketing Communications team, we will begin to change your site to the new dimensions and design.

We will continue to develop additional resources according to the answers you provided. This is just the first batch.

These questions are going to help us better understand how we can best help academic content authors during this project. Please take the time to answer all the questions that apply to you by leaving a comment below. Note: While we understand that a number of you have concerns with Documentum, please reserve those questions and comments for the Web Support team.

1. What additional resources would most benefit the content on your academic website(s)? For example: photos, writing samples, video, etc.
2. What audience(s) does your department/program website(s) serve? What are you trying to communicate to them?
3. How often do you update your department or program site(s)?
4. How many content authors actively update the content on your website(s)?
5. Is all of your website content up-to-date at this time?

Thank you

Thank you for working with us to improve Missouri S&T's academic web presence! The changes being made to the academic websites will improve the experience for both the content author and our web audiences.

Why create the Web resources blog?

This new Web resources blog will serve as a tool for gathering input from you (the academic content authors) and for communicating project information to you from us (the Electronic Marketing Communications team).

During the next few months we will ...

Gather input:
Feel free to leave questions and concerns in the form of a comment on any Web resources blog post. This information will help drive the direction of the project.

Communicate development progress:
You can check back frequently for updates on the progress of the project by visiting the blog. After we collect your input, we will post about our progress and plans.

Share successes:
Once we begin completing the transformation of several academic sites we will share experiences and examples of project success. This may include a link to the latest completed site or input from our audiences.