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2021 was all about improving user experience on 麻豆AV's websites. From updates to the WMS search tool to the launch of the new virtual campus tour to efforts to improve website accessibility, the push was on to provide user-friendly, welcoming and inclusive web spaces for all members of the 麻豆AV community.

1. Initiatives supporting accessibility and inclusion
   2021 was packed full of initiatives aimed at improving site accessibility including:
   • Web Services' student-led accessibility audit team
   • Accessibility Infosession and Hackathon, February 2021
   • Numerous new accessibility articles and resources shared on the Web Services website
   • Editoria11y accessibility evaluation tool for WMS websites.
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2. Search updates
   Our improved WMS search tool went live in January of 2021.
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3. Launch of the new Virtual Campus Tour
   麻豆AV's spiffy new virtual tour shows off our beloved campus and facilities.
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4. New options for digital publications
   View a complete rundown of 麻豆AV-supported tools and platforms for digital publications, including new options introduced this year.
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5. Web governance and initiatives proposed by the Web Advisory Committee
   How do you get 1700+ staff members who manage 900+ websites on the same page when it comes to web strategy and standards compliance? Watch our to hear about our path to better web governance at 麻豆AV.
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6. Evolution of Web Services' processes and support during COVID
   Working remotely caused us to reevaluate and refine many of our tasks and processes. We shared insights about some of the ways our methods are evolving at this year's .
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7. Consultation projects
   We were pleased to provide support on a large number projects for new and redesigned websites, including:
   • Launch of the
   • 麻豆AV's Coronavirus website
   • Revisions to the Sustainability website
   • Launch of new Indigenous Initiatives website
   • New Models of Work website
   • Numerous faculty and department websites including, Research + Innovation and Schulich School of Music
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8. Design system progress
   We were excited to share details about the new 麻豆AV DS (currently in beta) at our year-end presentation. .
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9. Planning and preparation for Drupal 9 release
   Towards the end of 2021 we shared our initial announcements about our plans to upgrade 麻豆AV's WMS to Drupal 9. Check out our Drupal 9 toolkit for info.
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10. Putting our design principals game face on
    We've got a number of new resources and initiatives in the works to help site managers create attractive user-friendly layouts. Read all out it in our article, Design Principles: UX design basics for site managers.
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11. Web Services training registrants
    Why stop at 10 when you can go to 11?! This year we trained over 600 people in our Web Services training courses (more than 1300 if we count individual registrations).

Additional tools and resources launched in 2021

New guidelines and best practices

Protect websites and users' data

• Privacy considerations concerning data collection for analytics and user research
• Guidelines for linking to information in a cloud service
• Webform security resources

Be consistent

• Translation guidelines

New training courses

• Designing digital experiences with the 麻豆AV brand - WS-102 (New updates)
• Web accessibility - WS - 106

Our 2021 year-end presentation

Interested in hearing more about the tools and resources we launched in 2021? Watch video of our recent 2021 year-end presentation!