WHAT’S NEW IN
UNIVERSITY OF
WATERLOO’S WEB
A n d rew McA lo rum amcalo r um@ uwaterloo. ca
P a v o l Ch v a la p a v o l. chva la @uwa te rloo. ca
N a te Vex ler n a te . vexler@uw aterloo.c a
K e v in P a x ma n k p a xman @uwa te rloo. ca
Web D ev elopment an d S u p port
I n f orma tion S ys te ms & Te c h n ology
U n iv ers ity o f Wa te rloo
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THE TEAM
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IT SERVICE MANAGEMENT
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3 YEAR PLAN
• We b D e ve lo p ment’s
s tr a te gi c p l a n fo r 2 0 1 5 2017
• Pr o g r ess k e p t u p to d a te
• Ava i la b le o n lin e
h ttp s ://u waterlo o.ca/i nform
a ti o n - syste ms te c h n olo gy/a bo ut/org ani za t
i o n a l - structure/cl i en t s e r vice s/3 -year -pl a n
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WCMS VISION STATEMENT
Waterloo Content Management System (WCMS) is the
University of Waterloo’s easy to use website creation tool;
through constant innovation, collaboration, and clientcentred service, we aim to provide the best web experience in
Canadian higher education.
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P R I O R I T I Z E D F E AT U R E R E Q U E S T S
• Ranked by Web Advisory
Committee to ensure our priorities
are aligned with out stakeholders
• Ensures our development priorities
are aligned with our stakeholders
https://uwaterloo.ca/web-resources/wcms-users/features-functionality/requested
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DEVELOPMENT
ROADMAP
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Our plan to
achieve short and
long term goals
Transparency;
developing in the
open
Forecast and
coordinate WCMS
developments
https://uwaterloo.ca/web-resources/wcms-users/features-functionality/development-roadmap
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SERVICE LEVEL EXPECTATIONS &
OPERATIONAL LEVEL AGREEMENTS
• SLE sets service level expectations for
clients of all our services and outlines
service level targets which we are
committed to, such as availability and
uptime, notifications of instances and
maintenance, and response times .
• Starting to formalize OLAs with units
that use WCMS, piloted with the Library
https://uwaterloo.ca/web-resources/resources/web-guidelines-and-policies/web-development-core-service-level-expectations
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METHODOLOGY
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AGILE/LEAN
• Earlier delivery of
business value
• Improved quality
• Efficient descoping
• Early reduction of
technical risk
• Good enough is better
than perfect
• Continual improvement
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CADENCE
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PORTAL
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PORTAL
• Completed rollout to all students
• Granted access to all Nexus users by end of 2015
• Developed Portal SDK 1.0 and 2.0
Ran 2 hackathon’s (March and October)
• Completed redesigns from student feedback in collaboration with MSC
designers
• Completely revamped and redesigned our backend API
• Much improved Identity Management system in the portal backend allowing
us to identify and target groups of students with relevant content more
precisely
• Widgets released
Awards, athletics shoetags, blogs, computer labs, feds clubs & services, exams
assigned seating, open classrooms, campus map, it services, opportunities,
orientation, to do, watcard
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PORTAL APP
• iOS, Android native
applications in
development
• Push Notifications
• Offline access
• Persistent authentication
• Native UI/UX – swipe,
gestures, etc.
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OPEN DATA
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OPEN DATA
YEAR IN REVIEW
• Outreach/Education:
Course - Introduction to APIs SEW126
Active participation with coursework HLTH 473 / HSG 620
Office Hours (Internal and External clients)
Collaborations
• Hackathons
• More data (e.g. GTFS real-time)
• Work for Clients (and everyone benefits)
Campus Map
WCMS
Portal
• Internal Infrastructure
Continuous Integration improvements
Comparison against similar systems out there
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O P E N D ATA
ONGOING / FUTURE
I S T / A B O U T / O R G A N I Z AT I O N A L - S T R U C T U R E / C L I E N T - S E R V I C E S / 3 - Y E A R - P L A N
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Outreach/Education
Improve documentation (make it more interactive)
Continuation of Office Hours
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Work for Clients (and everyone benefits)
Target non-developer business analysts w/ prototyping/production tools
Support for non other APIs (Learn API)
Improve GIS features of API (in support of Campus Map)
API Support for Research Data
Create Once Publish Everywhere Support
Write to API
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Internal Improvements
Improve CIA: Confidentiality/Integrity/Accessibility
Operation Level Agreements between Open Data and Data Stewards/Primary Custodians
Continuous Integration
Self-provisioned / Quick to provision architecture
Investigating the handling of large amounts of time -series data
CRUD support to API
HATEOS (Hypermedia as the Engine of Application State)
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CAMPUS MAP
https://uwaterloo.ca/map
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WCMS
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WCMS
WCMS 1.10 – February
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Scheduled content publishing
S u b m i t R Ts f r o m d a s h b o a r d
Site specific search
Google Universal Analytics support
Decimal ordered lists
1.10.1, 1.10.2 minor releases
Collaborate 2.0 – June
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Fully responsive, Drupal 7 version of the
Collaborate site
W C M S 1 . 11 – J u n e
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J o b a n d Vo l u n t e e r O p p o r t u n i t i e s c o n t e n t
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Blog commenting
F a c e b o o k O p e n G r a p h a n d Tw i t t e r C a r d
support for enhanced social media sharing
Upgraded, Responsive W YSIWYG Editor
Vimeo support
Ti n t s u p p o r t
Matlab file type support
1 . 11 . 1 , 1 . 11 . 2 m i n o r r e l e a s e s
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WCMS Publications Beta – September
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Publish digital versions of articles
Manage issues and volumes of digital
publications
Archive older issues
Publication sections/categories
Featured and promotional content areas
Social media integration
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Bibliography content type to list scholarly
publications
E m b e d d e d Ti m e l i n e
Scholarships and Student Awards content type
Site-wide authenticated access
Mailchimp integration
Syntax highlighting in source view of the
editor
1.12.1, 1.12.2 minor releases
WCMS RESPONSIVE REDEVELOPMENT
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‘AVAILABLE IN A VARIETY OF SIZES’
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Faculties, Departments, Schools, and Units (FDSU)
Publications
Single Page Sites
Conferences
Researcher Websites
COPE – Content Marketing Hub
Home Page
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PUBLICATIONS
A mobile-friendly, responsive template
specifically designed for digital versions of
University of Waterloo publications including
newsletters, reports and magazines.
Decoupled Drupal environment
Ba c k e nd i s W C MS fa milia r to s ite ma in ta in ers
F r o n ten d is An g u l a r.JS
Currently in BETA, fully released for January
2016.
https://uwaterloo.ca/state -of-the-university/
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SINGLE PAGE SITES
• WCMS template for small sites
• Highlight initiatives, programs, stories
related to an overarching theme
• Micro-site, or single page application
• Responsive, mobile-friendly
• Available by request in February 2016
https://uwaterloo.ca/entrepreneurship /
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CONFERENCES
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Working with an external web
development and design firm
to develop a WCMS
conference template.
To be used for all University
of Waterloo hosted
conferences.
WatITis, OHD Staff
conference, etc.
60 groups use Conference
Services each year
Available by request in
January 2016
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RESEARCHER WEBSITES
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Personal websites for
faculty and researchers
account for a significant
footprint of UW web
Bio, CV, Publications,
Courses, etc.
OpenScholar Drupal
distribution, developed by
Harvard
Used by Harvard, Princeton,
uPenn, Berkeley
Available by request in
Spring 2016
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FDSU RESPONSIVE
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Faculty, Departments, Schools,
and Units design
Styling improvements, new look
and feel, responsive, mobile -first
approach
Our primary focus right now
Piloting with IST website in
conjunction with new IT Service
Catalog in Dec. 2015
Available by request in April
2016
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COPE
Create Once, Publish
Everywhere
• Popularized by NPR
• Build Content Management
Systems, not Web Publishing
Tools
• Separate Content from Display
• Content
Modularity/Syndication
• Content Portability
• API based
• Enter content on one site, and
have it appear on others
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REDESIGNED HOMEPAGE
• Working closely with UW Brand Refinement Project Team in
2016 to align new web design with new UW Brand Strategy
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Bruce Mau Design
• Fall 2016 Release
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QUESTIONS?
Andrew McAlorum amcalorum@uwaterloo.ca
Pavol Chvala pavol.chvala@uwaterloo.ca
Nate Vexler nate.vexler@uwaterloo.ca
Kevin Paxman kpaxman@uwaterloo.ca
Web Development and Support
Information Sy stems & Technology
University of Waterloo
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