With COVID-19 looming over the 2020 academic year, colleges must plan to support students returning to campus. It’s time to go back to school! While a lot of the national conversation has focused on how to reopen elementary and secondary education safely, it’s important to talk about how COVID-19 will impact higher education, as well….
We get a lot of help during Ramp;D from a few familiar faces: Jane, Tim, Marie, Dylan, Mark, Gloria, Alan, Angie, and of course, office favorite, Yosef. Some of them are in high school looking at liberal arts colleges in Vermont, some of them are CSU alumni interested in giving back, then there are the…
Wondering what the update to Drupal 9 will look like? From Acquia’s Ultimate Guide accessible here: https://www.acquia.com/resources/ebooks/ultimate-guide-drupal-9 Upgrading to Drupal 9 will be relatively straightforward First, make sure your environment is compatible with the requirements for Drupal 9. The key things to note here are that Drupal 9 requires PHP 7.3 or higher and that version…
In order to redesign a website’s interface or navigation successfully, we first need to understand how it is currently being used by both internal and external audiences. Meeting with stakeholders will help us to define key business objectives, but it is equally important to hear directly from our users so that we are including their needs…
Want to show website visitors the value of your school’s degree programs? Post-graduate surveys are a great way to highlight how your school puts students on the path to successful careers. Your higher education website should include information about course offerings, culture, and other aspects of your school. But it should also show site…
Many community colleges are implementing a new framework that puts student success and outcomes first. Students focus on what job or field they are interested in, then backtrack to what programs will get them there. This is the opposite way many institutions present their programs. This style of academic planning goes by a few different…
If the sudden requirements to be remote have affected your ability to communicate with students, staff, faculty, or even loved ones there’s some easy ways to connect or communicate online without much cost. Let’s start with the basics. Determine how many people you want to communicate with and how you want to communicate. If you’re…
At KWALL we are fortunate that our work is mostly capable of being carried out through digital means. We have remote staff across the globe working on our clients initiatives and support services. From the first day of having remote teams, we’ve come up with some best practices and thoughts that might help you work…
The continued focus on privacy and the rights to your own data / personal information has made managing a website much more complex. Recently the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) – has now raised the question as to whether the measures companies have implemented to comply with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will satisfy the CCPA. Unfortunately,…
Managing enterprise software that continues to innovate is sometimes a complex process. Your partners here at KWALL want to help make sure you’re ready for that innovation and offer multiple methods to support you through updates and upgrades. If you’re interested in our help please let us know. Below we hope to add some clarity…
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