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    Web Publishing Service

    Our Services

    We provide tools and web design services for University members to publish and use information online without requiring specialist skills or software.

    Contact us

    • Email webteam at warwick dot ac dot uk
    • Tel 74000

    SiteBuilder is the University's web publishing tool. You can use SiteBuilder to manage your own site via the web without needing technical skills.

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    Tabula is a tool to support administration of teaching and learning in academic departments. Staff can manage per-student information such as coursework.

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    Start.Warwick is a personal homepage to keep track of the information that you need regularly such as email and timetables.

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    Files.Warwick is a tool to send, receive and share files. You can upload files and access them anywhere online.

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    TeamBuilder helps teams across departments, faculties or universities to collaborate using shared tools such as documents and task lists.

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    Warwick Blogs can be used to create, personalise and manage your own blogs. Quickly publish your ideas as often as you like.

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    • Graphic design

      We can work with you to design your new web site, refresh your homepage, create slideshows or design other graphic elements for your web site.

    • User interface design

      We can work with you to understand your audience's needs and improve your web site to make it clearer, more engaging and more effective.

    • Restructuring content

      We can review your web site and recommend a better navigation structure. We can also edit or move content on your behalf to make your web site structure more usable.

    • Training and guidance

      We provide self-help guides on making good web sites and using SiteBuilder to manage your web site. We also deliver face-to-face training on using SiteBuilder and writing for the web.

    • Online copywriting

      We can help you improve the written quality of your web site by writing copy on your behalf, editing your current copy or training your web site editors in effective techniques for writing online.

    • Responsive design

      We use responsive design techniques to ensure your web site displays appropriately on a smartphone, tablet, laptop or desktop computer.

    More about the web design consultancy
    • Undergraduate Study

      Graphic and web design, information architecture, copywriting and usability analysis

    • Department of Philosophy

      Homepage and key page design

    • Science City Research Alliance

      Web site design and copywriting

    • Warwick Centre for Industrial Biotechnology and Biorefining

      Homepage design and copywriting

    News

    Wed 22 May '13
    image Redesigned Undergraduate Study web pages

    In January 2013 SARO (Student Admissions and Recruitment Office) asked the IT Services Web Team to redesign the University's Undergraduate Study web pages.

    We worked with SARO to tailor the pages to an audience of prospective undergraduate students. We also improved the course search functionality. This involved usability analysis, information architecture, graphic design, responsive design for mobile devices and copywriting.

    The redesigned pages have made an immediate impact. Comparing the period following the launch (9 April–19 May 2013) with the same period in 2012:

    • Page views of the Acade…
    Wed 08 May '13
    image Writing for the web training at Window on Warwick

    We're running a training session on writing for the web on 14 May 2013 as part of the Window on Warwick sessions for University staff coordinated by the Learning and Development Centre.

    The training session is for staff responsible for updating their department's or service's web site. We'll cover things like:

    • How people read online and what their preferences are
    • How to structure your text to make your web pages easy to scan
    • How to write clear, concise text for online audiences

    The session on 14 May is now fully booked. However, if you would like us to run further sessions on how to write fo…

    Tue 26 Mar '13
    image New IT Services homepage

    We've redesigned our homepage to make it easier for you to request IT support and find specific services.

    We've reorganised the page to show the most popular requests – things like logging in, email accounts, printing and training – and provided quick links. Also, you'll see a link to the online Help Desk and the support telephone number in the header and footer of every page.

    Messages about service status, such as temporary issues, downtime or restored service, are simpler. Instead of showing separate messages for each IT service area with a traffic light colour system, you can now see all st…

    Current activities

    April 2013

    • Tabula - We redesigned the Coursework Management homepage and added a new Summary view for assignments. We added meeting records for interactions between personal tutors and tutees. Improved the Feedback Report to show compliance to 20-working day turnarounds for feedback. We added CSV, XML and Excel exports of student submission details. We also redesigned the extension management page.
    • We added callback for online payment forms in Sitebuilder to receive payment notifications
    • We improved the Atom API in Files.Warwick
    • We added support for Facebook and Twitter sidebar gadgets to Warwick Blogs
    • Redesigns - The undergraduate section of the University's external web site, the ITS web publishing service pages and the Department of Psychology web site was restructured as well as redesigned.
    • We created new sites for: Hispanic Liverpool Project This site has restricted view permissions, Warwick Analytical Measurement Service This site has restricted view permissions, Gendered Knowledges, CIM
    • Training - We have created a 'writing for the web' best practice guide and checklist for ITS staff. Delivered SiteBuilder training (getting started) and copywriting training for Student Careers and Skills.

    Coming up

    We're continuing to develop Tabula. It's now possible to link multiple assessment groups to a single assignment in Tabula.

    We'll also release improvements to SiteBuilder forms and add workflow and reporting functions.

    Free training on how to write for the web tailored to individual departments has also proven popular and we'll be doing more of this.

    Service levels & metrics

    We report monthly and annual metrics on the following services and activities:

    Number Metric What we measure
    1 Web site performance Time to load a web page on and off campus
    2 Web site activity Number of page views, edits made and editors using the web site
    3 Support volume Volume of support calls received
    4 Support response Percentage of support calls handled within agreed target times
    5 Training Satisfaction rating by attendees of our training courses
    6 Web design and review consultancy Satisfaction rating by customers using this service
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