Web Coders

Skill level: everyone from novices with an interest in advancing their knowledge to advanced coders looking to broaden skills
Frequency: Every other month
Next meeting: Second week of June
Meeting format ideas: announcements, problem solving, group discussion, presentations, show and tell, and competitions

Possible topics:

• New or advanced techniques in CSS3, HTML5, and programming languages that could be applied to your own website(s)
• Opportunities to brainstorm, develop requirements and test options for tools needed on campus
• Competitions for creating tools or solutions to common problems on campus
• Problem solving for questions submitted anonymously
• Trends in web development and best practices from other higher ed institutions
• Updates to web standards
• Usability findings and techniques
• Accessibility issues

Web Editors

Skill level necessary: anyone who edits a web page
Frequency: Once a quarter
Next meeting: Third week of July
Meeting format ideas: Announcements, step-by-step tutorials, open-ended question and answer

Possible topics:

• Updates to web standards
• Usability findings and techniques
• Accessibility issues
• Tools (like photo editor tools) to assist in making web edits
• Step-by-step tutorials for managing accordions, popups, slideshows and other tools