Web Strategy and Development Blog

Join the WSD team as web programmer/analyst

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Do you have programming experience and enjoy working with content management systems? If so, you may be interested in this challenging, but highly rewarding position.

The web programmer/analyst’s primary duties are to create, maintain, and document web-related applications for public-facing missouristate.edu domain and internal user groups such as administrative and academic departments.

Required skills and education include:

  • Completion of college courses equivalent to an associate degree. An equivalent combination of years of experience and education may be considered as a substitution for educational requirements.
  • Proficiency coding web-related applications.
  • Effective verbal and written communication skills.
  • The ability to maintain confidentiality regarding information processed, stored, or accessed by the systems.
  • The ability to develop knowledge of, respect for, and skills to engage with those of other cultures or backgrounds.

Submit your application, if you qualify. First date of consideration is April 24, 2023. 

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Access the new Missouri State Web Design System

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The Missouri State Web Design System was officially launched August 22, 2022. 

This system provides guidance to those who collectively support Missouri State’s web presence. 

Within this system, you will find:

  • The Missouri State brand toolkit for the web.
  • How to structure your page with templates and grids.  
  • A guide to the elements and patterns available; in what form they are offered in Omni CMS; and how they may be best used. 
  • Guidance for incorporating images, videos, icons and charts within your page layout. 

To further serve you, training is available through the following:

Training is still provided through Web Support — with additional support available by phone, Zoom or in-person (by appointment).

If you have any design questions, contact Valerie Cummings at 417-836-5670 or VCummings@MissouriState.edu.

 

Omni CMS training available for migrated university websites

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Over 25% of university websites have now been migrated to the new Omni content management system.

Once your site has been successfully migrated, as content editor, you will be contacted and automatically enrolled in our Basic Omni CMS Training in Blackboard. This Blackboard training course has been split into 5 sections with a short quiz for each section.

After scoring 100% on all 5 section quizzes you need to submit a Training Completion Form, which will notify us for verification.

You will regain editor access to your site through Omni CMS once your training completion has been verified.

After training, drop by our Web Editor Open Lab, available every Friday (2-4 p.m.) in Cheek 100, to receive additional in-person support with Omni CMS. Our sandbox training area will also be available by request for those needing more hands-on training.

You may also find step-by-step guides to using Omni CMS within the TeamDynamix knowledge base.

In addition, you may visit Omni CMS Support online for training videos written specifically for content editors.

Questions?

Contact the Web Support Help Desk available 8 a.m.–5 p.m., Monday-Friday, excluding university holidays.

Social Media Kit for MOOC: Laura Ingalls Wilder

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Laura Ingalls Wilder: Exploring Her Work and Writing Life — The Later Years

Key Details

  • What: A Massive Open Online Course (MOOC). A short, not-for-credit, online course for free. Open to the public – participants do not have to be registered Missouri State students.
  • When: Starts April 6, 2015: runs for eight weeks. Participants can enroll in the course at any point during the eight weeks.
  • Where: Enroll now through the Canvas Network.
  • Contact person: Lacey Geiger, Open Course Coordinator, at (417) 836-8803 or LaceyGeiger@MissouriState.edu

Share your story!

We want to hear about your experience! We encourage you to join the online conversation leading up to and during the course by posting on Facebook or Twitter and tagging your photos with the official course hashtag #WilderLaterYears

Make your post social media savvy

  • Tag the post with the course hashtag #WilderLaterYears
  • Whenever possible tag Missouri State Outreach or @missouristate
  • If applicable, tag the post with the Springfield, Missouri, hashtag: #SGF
  • As you participate in the MOOC, consider sharing a quote about your experience.

Facebook

Brand your Facebook profile with the cover photo below:

Twitter cover photo for Wilder: The Later Years

Use the customized Facebook sharing photo provided below:

LIWLaterYearsFBSharePhoto398x296

Sample Facebook post

  • FREE online course exploring the work of Laura Ingalls Wilder created in her later years. Begins April 6, 2015! www.MissouriState.edu/Wilder
  • Enroll now in this FREE, not-for-credit, online course featuring the later writings from Laura Ingalls Wilder. www.MissouriState.edu/Wilder

Twitter

For your Twitter account cover photo:

Twitter cover photo for Wilder: The Later Years

To use as a sharing photo:

Wilder Later Years: Twitter avatar

Sample Tweets

If you need anything additional, please contact Lacey Geiger at (417) 836-8803 or Valerie Cummings at (417) 836-6664.

This social media kit was created by Valerie Cummings and originally posted to the Missouri State Outreach blog.