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DUG - Modern Decoupled Enterprise API and Website (Newsletter)

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Submitted by mkamuiru on Wed, 05/23/2018 - 4:26pm

DUG - Modern Decoupled Enterprise API and Website

 
Hello All,
 
I hope you had great commencement ceremonies and that you are ready for the summer break! 
 
Kindly join us on Wednesday, June 6th, 2018 at 12 noon in 2115 Tawes Hall for a discussion on the journey of creating a modern decoupled enterprise website project. This presentation will touch on the following topics: 
  • Application Programming Interface (API) using Drupal 8, Express, and GraphQL, 
  • Drupal 8 setup, configuration, and specifications
  • Modern utilities - Node JS, NPM, Yarn, WebPack 
  • DevOps - Netlify and Github
  • Decoupled Front End - React/React-Static, Bootstrap 4, and Sass
 
We will follow up with a Q/A session as well as discussing your thoughts and input.
 
Please use this link to RSVP for the event.
 
Look forward to seeing you!
Michael Kamuiru
 

 

DUG Web Accessibility Discussion - 05/02/2018 (Newsletter)

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Submitted by mkamuiru on Mon, 04/30/2018 - 2:46pm

DUG Web Accessibility

 
Hello All, hope you had a great Maryland Day!
 
Kindly join us on Wednesday, May 2nd, 2018 at 12 noon in 2115 Tawes Hall for a follow up discussion on web accessibility by Dr. Ana Palla-Kane. Dr. Ana Palla-Kane is a part-time lecturer in the Department of Kinesiology. She received her PhD in Education from the University of Virginia. She is currently working for the Division of Information Technology managing the implementation of the University of Maryland IT Accessibility Plan.
 
Ana stands for accessibility and inclusion at UMD. She is currently the chair for the President’s Commission on Disability Issues. She is the founder of TerpAccess Disability Network. She designed and delivered Disability Awareness and Advocacy Trainings for faculty, students and staff at the University of Maryland.
 
She has participated in roundtables at the U.S. State Department about disability rights and inclusion through sports. She is engaged in international initiatives relating to disability rights and empowering individuals with disabilities, including advocating for the rights of individuals with disabilities to receive appropriate education and participate physical activity and sports. In Brazil, she has completed extensive work on inclusion of students with disabilities in educational settings, and recently completed the “Sports for All” project funded by USAID.
 
The presentation will be an informal conversation covering the following:
 
Part 1 (10min)
  • Overview of Web Accessibility Policy approved on 04/04/18.
  • How to prioritize and choose what to fix/work on first. 
 
Part 2 (20min)
  • Evaluating your site for accessibility (Siteimprove, Wave, other tools)
  • Essential steps to improve the accessibility of your site (Essential steps and code examples). 
 
Part 3: Q&A
 
Please use this link to RSVP for the event.
 
Look forward to seeing you!
Michael Kamuiru
 

 

DUG - College of Education Presentation **Meeting Room Update - 3134 Seminar Room**

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Submitted by mkamuiru on Wed, 04/04/2018 - 10:58am
Hello All,
 
Today's meeting will be held in Tawes Hall Seminar Room 3134 (3rd floor) due to a meeting room allocation conflict. Sorry for any inconvenience and for the last minute update.
 
See you then!
Michael Kamuiru
 
 
Event Information
 
College of Education Presentation
 
Kindly join us this afternoon, Wednesday, April 4th, 2018 at 12 noon in 3134 Tawes Hall for a presentation on the College of Education website (education.umd.edu) by Rochella McKoy. Rochella is the front-line support for web and web-based technologies for the College of Education. She handles maintenance of the college web site, and web-based systems that support faculty and staff in the College. The presentation will be an informal conversation covering the following:
  • Introduction
  • Feature highlights
  • Improvements 
  • Problems encountered
  • Upcoming projects/roadmap
  • Questions and Feedback
 
 
 
 

DUG - College of Education Presentation (Reminder)

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Submitted by mkamuiru on Tue, 04/03/2018 - 8:36am

College of Education Presentation

Hello All,
 
Kindly join us on Wednesday, April 4th, 2018 at 12 noon in 2115 Tawes Hall for a presentation on the College of Education website (education.umd.edu) by Rochella McKoy. Rochella is the front-line support for web and web-based technologies for the College of Education. She handles maintenance of the college web site, and web-based systems that support faculty and staff in the College. The presentation will be an informal conversation covering the following:
  • Introduction
  • Feature highlights
  • Improvements 
  • Problems encountered
  • Upcoming projects/roadmap
  • Questions and Feedback
 
Look forward to seeing you!
Michael Kamuiru
 
 
 

DUG - College of Education Presentation (Newsletter)

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Submitted by mkamuiru on Thu, 03/22/2018 - 3:41pm

College of Education Presentation

Hello All, hope you had a great spring break!
 
Kindly join us on Wednesday, April 4th, 2018 at 12 noon in 2115 Tawes Hall for a presentation on the College of Education website (education.umd.edu) by Rochella McKoy. Rochella is the front-line support for web and web-based technologies for the College of Education. She handles maintenance of the college web site, and web-based systems that support faculty and staff in the College. The presentation will be an informal conversation covering the following:
  • Introduction
  • Feature highlights
  • Improvements 
  • Problems encountered
  • Upcoming projects/roadmap
  • Questions and Feedback
 
Look forward to seeing you!
Michael Kamuiru
 
 
 

DUG - Decoupled Drupal (Reminder)

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Submitted by mkamuiru on Tue, 03/06/2018 - 10:27am

Drupal Users Meeting - Decoupled DrupalHello All,

Please join us on Wednesday March 7, 2018 at 12 noon for a discussion on Decoupled Drupal by Rob Ellis, who is currently a Presales Solutions Architect for Acquia. Decoupled (or Headless) Drupal takes the approach of using the Drupal application for managing and storing structured content in the CMS, while using a client-side frameworks (e.g. Node.js) for the presentation layer. This approach enables front-end developers to fully control an application or site's rendered markup and user experience, while leveraging Drupal's structured content capabilities. 


This session will include: 
  • an overview of the different ways to display Drupal content (traditional, progressively decoupled and completely decoupled); 
  • identifying the questions you'll want to ask when making the decision to decouple your Drupal site; 
  • a review of the Reservoir distribution for decoupled projects;
 
We will follow up with a Q/A session. Kindly note that we will be in Seminar Room 3134 (3rd Floor).
 
Please use this link to RSVP for the event.
 
Thank you very much,
Michael Kamuiru
 

DUG - Decoupled Drupal (Newsletter)

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Submitted by mkamuiru on Fri, 02/16/2018 - 12:30pm

Drupal Users Meeting - Decoupled DrupalHello All,

Please join us on Wednesday March 7, 2018 at 12 noon for a discussion on Decoupled Drupal by Rob Ellis, who is currently a Presales Solutions Architect for Acquia. Decoupled (or Headless) Drupal takes the approach of using the Drupal application for managing and storing structured content in the CMS, while using a client-side frameworks (e.g. Node.js) for the presentation layer. This approach enables front-end developers to fully control an application or site's rendered markup and user experience, while leveraging Drupal's structured content capabilities. 


This session will include: 
  • an overview of the different ways to display Drupal content (traditional, progressively decoupled and completely decoupled); 
  • identifying the questions you'll want to ask when making the decision to decouple your Drupal site; 
  • a review of the Reservoir distribution for decoupled projects;
 
We will follow up with a Q/A session. Kindly note that we will be in Seminar Room 3134 (3rd Floor).
 
Please use this link to RSVP for the event.
 
Thank you very much,
Michael Kamuiru
 

DUG - Sass (Syntactically Awesome StyleSheets) - Reminder

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Submitted by mkamuiru on Tue, 02/06/2018 - 1:57pm

Drupal Users Meeting - SASS

 

Hello All,
 
Kindly join us on Wednesday, February 7th, 2018 at 12 noon in 2115 Tawes Hall for a discussion on Sass (Syntactically Awesome StyleSheets). This presentation will focus on the following topics on SASS: 
  • Getting started on SASS
  • Preprocessing
  • Mixins
  • Variables
  • Nesting
  • Importing
  • Operators
  • Partials
We will follow up with a Q/A session as well as an opportunity to suggest topics of interest for this semester. Please use this link to RSVP for the event.
 
Thank you very much,
Michael Kamuiru
 

DUG - Sass (Syntactically Awesome StyleSheets) - Newsletter

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Submitted by mkamuiru on Mon, 01/22/2018 - 11:06am

Drupal Users Meeting - SASS

 

Hello All,
 
Kindly join us on Wednesday, February 7th, 2018 at 12 noon in 2115 Tawes Hall for a discussion on Sass (Syntactically Awesome StyleSheets). This presentation will focus on the following topics on SASS: 
  • Getting started on SASS
  • Preprocessing
  • Mixins
  • Variables
  • Nesting
  • Importing
  • Extending
  • Operators
  • Partials
We will follow up with a Q/A session as well as an opportunity to suggest topics of interest for this semester. Please use this link to RSVP for the event.
 
Thank you very much,
Michael Kamuiru