The '12 Yays' of the Web Team
The semester is coming to an end and it杏吧专区檚 time to reflect on what we杏吧专区檝e accomplished this year.
And in the spirit of the holiday season, we杏吧专区檙e celebrating the 杏吧专区12 yays杏吧专区 of the web team!
12 weeks of office hours
Earlier this year, the web team started holding office hours in Stephens 109 every Monday at 3:30. In the new year, we杏吧专区檙e going to have them every week 杏吧专区 we杏吧专区檒l see you there!
11 rounds of web ambassador trainings
This year, we had web ambassador trainings almost every month. We杏吧专区檒l do monthly trainings next year, too, and you can .
10s of blogs 杏吧专区 10x8 to be exact
The and have done an impressive job highlighting their students, faculty, programs and more on their blogs. We can all use those for inspiration in the new year!
9 conversation channels in our new Teams collaboration tool
With our transition to Office 365, we now can use Teams as a collaboration and communication tool. If you杏吧专区檇 like to get a quick training on how to use it, contact collin@louisiana.edu.
8 (hundred thousand) visits to the main website
An impressive number! We averaged 2,355 visits to the website every day.
7 months with our new web trainer, Collin
We杏吧专区檙e so excited to have Collin Wynne on the web team. He杏吧专区檚 now in charge of web training, plus he杏吧专区檚 helping us become more efficient in providing support to you, our web ambassadors.
6 Right Click newsletters
We revived our web ambassadors newsletter this year with the intention of improving communication between the web team and web ambassadors. Want to know more about something we haven杏吧专区檛 covered in the newsletter? Let us know!
5 (thousand) pieces of new content
Y杏吧专区檃ll have been busy! Web ambassadors have created more than 5,000 pieces of new content on your websites this year.
4 months using the new calendar
The new calendar went live this semester, and we. are. loving. it. With so many convenient new features and the ability to share events between sites, it杏吧专区檚 easier for everyone to use. Plus we杏吧专区檝e seen a 15% bump in traffic over last year!
3 new sites launched
Three new sites went live this year, including the , the , and the .
2 billion visits to all 杏吧专区 websites
Yes, that杏吧专区檚 billion with a B. And if it weren杏吧专区檛 for you, wonderful web ambassadors, our websites wouldn杏吧专区檛 exist for people to find the information they need. A round of applause for you all.
1 massive website redesign project
The website redesign project has swallowed so much of our time and effort this past year, and we can杏吧专区檛 wait to unveil it this spring! Read more about the project and our updated timeline.