January 9, 2015

VU Collaborate Staff Help Site




My support role at VU includes the establishment and maintenance of help websites including VU Collaborate Instructor Help using Joomla CMS.

  • adapted my CSS skills to make use of Joomla’s LESS styling language and Joomla’s compiling system
  • developed the tag-cloud tool for improved navigation
  • upgraded search functionality
  • conducted staff and student user experience reviews
  • started a feedback forum to gather instructor feedback on help-site content
  • comply with the University's accessibility policies
  • collaborate with University central web-design & marketing teams to ensure consistent user experience
Reproduced with permission from Learning Environments Team, Centre for Collaborative Teaching and Learning, Victoria University