Best Practices for iModules Websites

Dartmouth Class Webmasters Association

Ed Mazer ’63ed@themazers.com

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James Barkley ‘06 Martha Beattie ‘76

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Mission

· Identify opportunities for the College to build out iModules capability

Help the College to create a development roadmap

· Identify best practices Create a how to get to Best Practices for

Classes, Clubs and Interest Groups Build support capabilities to help webmasters

get there

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Process

· Communicate with Mark and Carlo of the Webmasters Assoc.

Include enhancements they have identified as needed Develop a communications link to keep them in the loop

· Survey all Websites for Cool Ideas· Interview Webmasters

Identify the things they have done that they think are hot Learn what is on their wish-list

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Ultimate Goals

· To Accelerate College build out of expanded capacities in iModules by helping them to create a roadmap for future development that can be acted on more swiftly.

· To Learn how and to transfer the knowledge of how to build “Wow” features to Webmasters

· To Help webmasters migrate to iModules

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Update Policies

· Work with Martha Beatty, Siobhan Kearney and Judy Doherty to update College email address security policies to take advantage of current technology

· Coordinate recommendations with Mark and Carlo

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Let’s Look at what we’ve got

(Getting the Wow factorinto your Class Website)

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Updating the Collegeemail security policy

I have suggested that:· The relationship between members of each class

is a special case· Classmates should be able to exchange emails

directly and easily to encourage and facilitate that special relationship.

· College should provision a page listing classmates names with ability to click to send an email

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Conditions for allowingdirect Email to Classmates

· Contact information are be secured by College login · Display prevents users from making a bulk copy of email

addresses· Opt-out flag in their College profile to prevent their email

address from be shared with classmates · A letter will go out to all alums notifying new policy with a

link to profile flag to opt-out

Confidentiality and Restrictionson use of email addresses

· Classmates who wish to access the list must first read and agree to the College policy

· Restrictions on use of email addresses should be written in plain, simple and brief language that can be read and understood

Statement defines the terms of use

Useless unless read and understood

The College has agreed

· The College will build a new page displaying a list of classmates with the ability to click and email directly to any classmate

· It will use the actual email address and your email system – not a redirected form You will get bounce-backs and non-delivery notices

· Email addresses will come directly from the College database in real time

When will it be done?

· We hope to have a working version out in 8-10 weeks

· This is a bold, ambitious decision

· The first version might be imperfect and continued effort will be made to deal with improvements from what we learn

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Statement of Email Address Confidentiality

The following is the proprietary, confidential information of Dartmouth College. Information in this directory is provided for personal use only. No part of this directory may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or retransmitted without the prior written permission of an authorized officer of the College. Any use of the addresses or other information for any multiple mailing without the express written consent of the appropriate College officer is prohibited.

I signify that I agree to be bound by the above terms

one possibility of how it might look when completed

Best Practices for iModules Websites Class of 1963

Email a Classmate

one possibility of how it might look

when completed

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Embedding JavaScriptinto an iModules Page

JavaScript code only be embeddedin a page by the iModules team

· Send your Email requests to help@dartmouth.edu

· Your request should contain the following information: The HTML code pasted into the email The address (url) of the target page The location (Content Block) on the page The location within the Content Block

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How to Integrate Paypalwith your iModules Website

Doc link

link

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How to create a Classmate Location Google Map in iModules

Link

Doc link

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How to embed a Photo albumin iModules using Flickr

link

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How to create a Data Feed from Class Twitter Account to iModules

Link

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How to embed YouTube Videosonto you iModules pages

Link

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How to embed a MapQuestmap into iModules

link

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How to embed a Survey intoiModules using Survey Monkey

link

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Oh, and one other thing!

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How to embed aFacebook Feed into iModules

Link

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How to embed aFacebook Feed into iModules

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Some other cool featuresyou can learn how to do

· Hums (for the older classes)· Dartmouth songs· The Greenbook· Etc.

Link to Songs

Link to Greenbook

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So, what have we got here?

· Pie in the sky?· A kiss and a promises?· Wait till next year?

Is our Best Practices documentation and instructions on how do all this something you will have to wait for ---- or is it ready for prime time?

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I have more work to do

· Scope out a list of suggested enhancements for the College

· Talk to each of you about what you would like to be able to do

· How can you help?

Make a wish list and email it to me ed@themazers.com

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Thanks to the Dartmouth team· To Martha Beattie ‘76 for believing in this mission and for

her continued support and encouragement

· To James Napoli, Siobhan S. Kearney and Judy Doherty for their amazing support

· To Mark Tomalonis ‘79 and Carlo Ordonez ’06

· Special thanks to my friend, the talented James Barkley ‘06 for all his help, and for sharing my vision.

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Ed Mazer ’63Contact me at

ed@themazers.com