Accomplishments
Listed below are a few major accomplishments of the Web Services Unit
2011
- SJSU Website Relaunched (November, 2011)
- OU Campus launches with new templates (September, 2011)
- Servers refreshed (August, 2011)
- OU Campus selected as new Website Management System (May, 2011)
- Interactive support tool launched (March, 2011)
- Automated online forms launched (March, 2011)
- WebCMS online training & open lab (January, 2011)
2010
- SJSU Blogs launched (December, 2010)
- SJSU Mobile launched (October, 2010)
- SJSU Map relaunched (September, 2010)
- SJSU Buzz launched (September, 2010)
- Web photo gallery launched (June, 2010)
- URL shortening service is available (March, 2010)
2009
- SJSU Blogs open for beta testing (October, 2009)
- New calendaring solution launched (August, 2009)
- SJSU Home refreshed with improved navigation & improved user interface (August, 2009)
- Urchin 5 re-launched using SJSUOne for authentication (June, 2009)
- San José State University search engine is powered by a Google Search Appliance (March, 2009)
- Website Builder is launched (March, 2009)
2008
- Training
- Web accessibility
- Spring 2008: Offered 3 workshops and 3 open lab sessions
- WebCMS 7
- Spring 2008: Offered 3 workshops attended by 34 Web content editors or webmasters representing 24 websites
- Launch (or re-launch) websites
- Spring 2008: Launched 6 websites using WebCMS 7 and 4 websites using Web Template Kit
- Web accessibility
- Web accessibility dashboard (driven by AccMonitor) is made available to all websites in May, 2008
- Google Apps @ SJSU launched in April, 2008
- Human Resources, Accessibility & Web Services websites are re-launched using accessible templates in February, 2008
- Website Content Management System (WebCMS 7) is launched in January, 2008
2007
- Training
- Web accessibility
- Spring 2007: Offered 3 workshops attended by 48 attendees
- Fall 2007: Offered 4 workshops attended by 20 attendees and 3 open lab sessions
- Web accessibility
- Accessible Web template kit (version 3.0) launched in November, 2007
- Web accessibility dashboard (driven by AccMonitor) of all SJSU critical administrative websites is made available in November, 2007
- Re-launch (version 2.2) of accessible SJSU home, search and top level pages in December, 2007
- News Admin & SJSU News are re-launched with SJSU in the News in December, 2007
- Identify all existing critical administrative websites in February, 2007
2006
- Web Oversight Committee serves as a council to advise Academic Technology on web-related projects and policy
- Web Services Unit is awarded CATS outstanding Professional Service Award in March, 2006
- Mail Form Handler re-launched with new features in September, 2006
2005
- Website Content Management System (WebCMS 6) is launched in November, 2005
- University Experts is launched in November, 2005
2004
- Spartan Web Wizard is re-launched inside OpenCms 5 Final in May, 2004
2003
- SJSU Website is re-launched (version 2.0) in September 2003
2002
- With the hiring of San Jose State’s first university webmaster and at the direction of the Provost and AVP of Academic Technology, the Web Services Unit was created in December 2002
