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  • Reinventing Portals as a Hub for the University Experience by Facilitating Communication, Fostering Community, and Collecting Data

Reinventing Portals as a Hub for the University Experience by Facilitating Communication, Fostering Community, and Collecting Data

Thursday, October 27, 2016 | 12:30PM–1:30PM | Exhibit Hall B/C, Level One
Session Type: Poster Session
Delivery Format: Poster Session
Come see UMBC's success and future vision of a campus portal: Rethink the portal like you would a mobile app. Focus on what's important day to day. Create ways to connect people. Provide common tools for communication. Facilitate creation and distribution of content throughout the organization. Encourage community engagement. Unify the experience across systems. Track it. Measure it. Improve it.


Outcomes: Learn how UMBC has benefited from continued investment in custom portal development *Identify how our approaches toward mobile offerings can also benefit web-based information and service delivery *Understand how a unified and integrated toolset improves user experience and streamlines data collection

Presenters

  • Collier Jones

    Campus Portal Architect, University of Maryland, Baltimore County