APS1: Integrating CMS and CRM at Gettysburg: An Open Source Vision Realized
See how Gettysburg College and their partner Dotmarketing are creating a seamless Web experience for prospective students through alumni by blurring the lines between portal and website.

PRESENTERS: Paul Redfern, Gettysburg College
J. Todd Bennett, Dotmarketing Inc.

APS2: ApplyTexas: One State, One Application
There are over 100 public institutions of higher education in Texas, and they all accept admissions applications through ApplyTexas.

PRESENTERS: Mary Kay Barber, University of Texas at Austin
Dana Vance, University of Texas at Austin

APS3: Development of an In-House Tool for Creating Online Surveys and Forms
This presentation will include a demonstration of the survey tool as well as a review of the technical details of the PHP scripts and database structures.

PRESENTERS: Danny Harvey, Eastern Illinois University
Ryan Gibson, Eastern Illinois University

APS4: The Ongoing Saga: my.geneseo.edu Year 2
As a followup to last year's presentation, we will present what we learned over the past year in developing and upgrading our portal. We will cover our basic design and implementation, how we used focus groups and feedback, project management issues, usage statistics, and our upgrade path.

PRESENTERS: Kirk M. Anne, SUNY Geneseo
Paul Jackson, SUNY Geneseo

APS5: Lightweight Campus Portal
The latest breed of portals, called personalized or AJAX homepages, provide users with personalized content and Web services (e.g. tools, widgets, gadgets). This presentation will showcase both the user-interface and technical design aspects of TCNJ’s lightweight campus portal.

PRESENTER: Matthew Winkel, The College of New Jersey

APS6: Extreme Makeover: Columbia's Online Directory
In late 2005, Columbia University made the decision to stop printing the annual Faculty and Staff Directory to save trees, time, and money. If you are considering either a paper-directory elimination or an enhanced online offering, you may benefit from our experience.

PRESENTER: Carol Kassel, Columbia University

APS7: Haptic Perception in a Web-based Environment
High-power computing, real-time graphics, and haptics (the science of applying touch sensation) have spawned revolutionary human-computer interfaces in multiple domains. We show how educational websites can take advantage of the haptic paradigm by embedding such components in 3D Web pages.

PRESENTER: Michele Adams or Felix Hamza-Lup, Armstrong Atlantic State University

APS8: Using Standards to Increase Usability in Web Applications
The evolution of information development techniques such Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) make it possible for software engineers to know and apply concepts based on human behavior. We decided to introduce ITIL best practices in our IT areas to make our developing process meet usability requirements.

PRESENTER: Mary Carmen Garduño Campos, ITESM-CEM

APS9: Using iTunes U to Extend a University’s Brand Beyond Its Website
NJIT launched its public NJIT on iTunes U site in January 2007 as a key strategy in its website redesign project. This talk will explore NJIT’s experience, with ane mphasis on the strategic and marketing decisions.

PRESENTERS: Blake Haggerty, New Jersey Institute of Technology
James Robertson, New Jersey Institute of Technology

APS10: Podcasts: A 360-degree View
Podcasting presents itself as a great alternative or addition to reading or non-interactive Web content and a potential source of just-in-time-learning. But what are the issues that surround the use of podcasting on our campuses and particularly our Web servers?

PRESENTER: Janet Sedgley, University of Montana

APS11: Are You Buzzword Compliant? Changing Web 2.0 from Passing Fad to Development Methodology
We’ve heard it all before. Web 2.0 is “an attitude, not a technology.” Now that we have seen examples of what works well (and what doesn’t) within the Web 2.0 space, there are lessons learned that can be applied to our own development projects.

PRESENTER: Kyle Bowen, Purdue University

APS12: Google Analytics and Higher Education Web Development
For administrators of higher education websites, Google Analytics can be used to significantly improve the quality of the services that we provide to our stake holders.

PRESENTER: Lester Jones, Baltimore City Community College

APS13: Web Security and Service: Finding a New Balance (Year 4)
At the last three HighEdWeb conferences, we have discussed the evolution of the University of Rochester's "Deploy" solution to protecting the server, controlling access, screening code, and blocking selected code deployment. The system and services continue to develop across two servers.

PRESENTER: Dale B. Grady, University of Rochester