Langara IT Website Progressive Enhancements

Background

  • Information Technology department approached CM Digital Team to design a new, highly visible “IT Help” button on the IT website
  • Goal to have internal audience of Langara staff, faculty, and students to submit their IT-related issues using the new button and submission form, instead of emailing unstructured queries to the IT Service Desk
  • Scope also expanded to simplifying and reorganizing main navigation items, rewrites of some sections, removal of promotional image carousel

Role

  • Developed a list of possible site improvements and proposed alternatives
  • Executed and deployed all new changes
  • Designed charming new ‘Spinning Cogs’ GIF to play when preloading an embedded iframe form. Pre-loader later rolled out site-wide to all iframe forms.
  • Responsive CSS and HTML in Coda, Sublime Text, and managed collaboration of files in GitHub
  • Development, testing, and production sites managed in Cascade Server CMS
  • Worked in collaboration with Digital Strategy Manager and client for content.
  • Worked with developers for deployment and technical adjustments.

https://langara.ca/information-technology/index.html

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