[MNASIS-L] Free Webinars on Website Accessibility, Usability Testing, Google Analytics, Getting Found Online - Jan- March 2010

[VanCura, MaryAnn]

Free, one-hour webinars for those interested in enhancing their existing
web site or in building web site development skills. Excellent
presenters. Note that Website Accessibility and Usability Testing are at
the same day and time. Good news - both providers offer archived
versions of their webinars. - Mary Ann
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1. An Overview of Website Accessibility (sponsored by techsoup.org
talks!)
2. Free Webinar Series on Enhancing Your Online Presence (sponsored by
eXtension)

1. An Overview of Website Accessibility (sponsored by techsoup.org
talks!)
Jan. 14, 2010, 1-2pm Central
Implementation of web accessibility can seem excessively complicated. In
reality, the best accessibility practices dovetail with good overall
usability, and are easy to implement via standard tools such as
templates and cascading style sheets (CSS). This session will cover
topics such as understanding the difference between various
accessibility guidelines, avoiding common accessibility errors, when -
and when not - to rely on automatic accessibility checkers, and
unexpected populations that benefit from accessible websites.
This free webinar is best suited for individuals with some knowledge of
HTML coding who are involved with ensuring that their organization's
website is accessible.

Sponsor: techsoup.org talks! 

Please register for this meeting.

For more information and to register, click here.
https://cc.readytalk.com/cc/schedule/display.do?udc=bl72vs84ikb7



2. Free Webinar Series on Enhancing Your Online Presence (sponsored by
eXtension)
http://www.extension.org/pages/eXtension_Free_Webinar_Series_on_Enhancin
g_Your_Online_Presence_Begins_Jan._14

January 14 - Website Usability Testing	1-2pm Central
February 11 - Analyze This
March 11 - Get Found!

Details:
All webinars are one hour long. The Web meeting room opens 10 minutes
before the start time. Go to http://connect.extension.iastate.edu/ecop
to view. Newcomers to online learning are welcome. All webinars are
recorded and available for on-demand viewing at
http://www.extension.org/pages/ETC_Webinar_Archive. Registration is not
required.

January 14 - Website Usability Testing
1-2pm Central
Usability is the ease with which people can perform a task to achieve a
particular goal. Observes watch what users do, where they succeed and
where they have difficulties. Test results can then be used to improve
web designs and interfaces for better user experiences. Lana Johnson
with Communications, Information and Technology at the University of
Nebraska will explain the process of testing how 'usable' a website is.
The webinar begins at 2 p.m. Eastern Standard Time, 1 p.m. CST, 12 noon
MST and 11 a.m. PST. 

February 11 - Analyze This 
Vishal Singh, Instructional Multimedia Designer at the University of
Nebraska will demonstrate how Google Analytics generates detailed
statistics about visitors to a website. The powerful website analytical
tool provides data that can help improve websites. 

March 11 - Get Found! 
Jay Jenkins, Extension Educator, University of Nebraska, will help those
whose Web site is lost in the sea of information on the Internet. Are
you lost in the maze of acronyms and vague meanings of terms like SEO,
SEM, keywords, tags, page titles and subheadings? Jenkins will show how
clearly written and properly implemented web pages get found. 

The free educational webinars are from the Entrepreneurs and Their
Communities section of eXtension (pronounced E-extension). For more
information about eXtension resources for communities and businesses,
see http://www.extension.org/entrepreneurship. The site has free
learning lessons, answers to frequently-asked questions, news and a way
to ask individual questions on "Ask an Expert."  eXtension Entrepreneur
and Their Communities webinars are on the second Thursday every month. 

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Note: Free webinars are posted routinely on the Minnesota Library
Community Calendar of Events. Visit http://mn.webjunction.org and Click
here to view more events
<http://evanced.info/minnesota/evanced/eventcalendar.asp> . 

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Mary Ann Van Cura
Library Development & Continuing Education Coordinator
State Library Services
1500 Highway 36 West
Roseville, MN 55113
651-582-8632 voice   651-582-8752 fax
maryann.vancura at state.mn.us
education.state.mn.us/MDE/Learning_Support/Library_Services