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Good news: The FIU mobile app is now available for Android & BlackBerry. We launched the iPhone app back in August. You can use the app to see what’s happening on campus, find a book or article in the library, check class schedules and financial aid, enroll in courses, watch [...]
After countless whiteboard sessions, extensive usability testing and a complete redesign, the Web communications team is proud to announce the release of FIU’s new University Calendar. One of the most noticeable additions is the “Featured” section, which highlights hand-picked events that are of particular interest to the FIU community. This [...]
FIU’s Web Communications team is creating an A-Z listing of all university websites for the FIU homepage, fiu.edu. To do so, they need your help. Take a few moments to fill out this census: http://sites.fiu.edu/webcensus2010/ With this information, the team can better assess and assist departments with their web presence. [...]
When it came time to redesign FIU’s home and top-level pages, Web developers turned to those with the greatest stake in the matter – its users. By Karen Cochrane One of the first things Matt Herzberger did after accepting the challenge of redesigning FIU’s home and top-level pages was add [...]
New site to do a much better job of ‘conveying the FIU spirit’ By Karen Cochrane After more than one year of research and development, the university’s Web communications team is making final preparations to launch FIU’s new home page and top-level pages. The massive project represents a complete visual, [...]
By Karen Cochrane Nearly three months in development, the new University Calendar features a cleaner design and more user-friendly options than its predecessor, something designers made a priority in the redesign. “At the end of the day, it’s about creating something that is useful to everyone,” says Fabian Alcantara, Web designer. “We made a [...]
Name: Matt Herzberger Hometown: Cedar Rapids, Iowa Job Title/Department: Director of Web Communications Campus: University Park In a nutshell: I’m here to create a new beautiful, functional Web presence from the ground up. I will be working with people from across campus to create a Web culture on campus while [...]
