UAD1: These Kids Today: Testing Web Usability with Parents and Incoming Students
The parents of current and prospective students are an important constituency for any university, and just like their kids, they rely on the Web to provide them with information and tools. But do Mom and Dad use the Web differently than young Madison and Tyler?

PRESENTER: Lori Packer, University of Rochester

UAD2: The Accessible Video Interface
The age of video on the Web is here. Both content creators and users have high expectations, and you may become caught in the middle. Learn how to create an accessible media interface that will allow your institution to deliver high quality Flash video with closed captioning.

PRESENTER: Gabriel McGovern, Portland Community College

UAD3: Card Sorting: Research That Every Web Developer Should Use
This session was a "Best Showcase" for 2006 and is a great way to introduce you to this topic. Card sorting is a low-cost, fairly simple, quick, and effective method that informs the process of developing site architecture.

PRESENTER: Douglas Tschopp, Augustana College

UAD4: Animate Responsibly
This workshop will include a short demonstration on how to create accessible Macromedia Flash animation, followed by a presentation of best practices for developing accessible Flash.

PRESENTER: Shelly Brown, Southwest Baptist University

UAD5: Universal Design, the Web and You
Universal Design (UD) is the “ergonomics of the Web.” UD is the approach to designing products and services to be usable by everyone regardless of age, ability, or circumstances. Learn how UD is applied to the Web and our current technologies.

PRESENTER: Daniel M. Frommelt, University of Wisconsin-Platteville

UAD6: Making Sense of Card Sorts
Card sorts are powerful tool for planning and organizing websites. Unfortunately the analysis tools can be hard to find. This talk will take you through several up-to-date analysis tools it will also show how simple Excel spreadsheets and critical thinking can dramatically increase the value of card sorts in your projects.

PRESENTER: Don Albrecht, University of Rochester Medical Center

UAD7: 10 Signs It's Time to Redesign
A whole host of factors can figure into your calculation of whether it’s time – or not – to realign or redesign your organization’s website. We have 10 sure signs it’s time to redesign. You may be surprised how unimportant “looks” are to your decision.

PRESENTER: Kathy Wahlbin, Mindshare Interactive Campaigns, LLC

UAD8: More than Logs: Improving Usability with Customer Data
Building on the lessons of website access logs, we'll look at how modern tools like Clickheat and Google Analytics can be used to improve website usability and effectiveness.

PRESENTER: David Anderson, University at Buffalo

UAD9: Designing Compelling User Experiences (in Higher Education)
This seminar will review principles of user-focused Web design, particularly with the typical audiences (prospective students, faculty members, community members) of higher ed websites in mind.

PRESENTER: Beck Tench, Duke University

UAD10: User Interface is King: Developing a Web App UI
Using slate — a Ruby on Rails-based CMS being developed at West Virginia University — as our example, we'll be looking at lessons learned in developing a good Web app user interface.

PRESENTERS: David Olsen, West Virginia University
Chris Scharf, West Virginia University

UAD11: Snag Your Usability Studies With Screen Recorder Software
Using screen recorder software, you can capture keyboard and mouse activity as well as audio and video when conducting Web usability studies. The presenter will demonstrate how to record usability study information using the software Camtasia.

PRESENTER: Rose Pruyne, Penn State University

UAD12: 10 Checkpoints of a Web Standards-based Curriculum
From handcoding HTML, CSS, and JavaScript to software training in Dreamweaver and Flash, check your curriculum against these checkpoints for Web standards and best practices.

PRESENTER: Virginia DeBolt, Writer

UAD13: Graphics Optimization for the Web
This session examines a variety of file optimization techniques that will result in better-quality, faster-loading graphics on the Web.

PRESENTER: Derek Tonn, mapformation, LLC