Topic Ideas for WebComm School

A lot of the posts in this blog are to share the presentations and discussions we have that are a part of WebComm School. We usually try to take our cues about what we ought to teach from what our Web programmer ask about during the course of regular work. Sometimes, we have a hard time deciding what to present on.

So, this entry is to list some of the topics we'd like to present on. What are your thoughts? Let us know what other things we ought to be discussing.

• Accessibility, the W3C Standards and Otherwise Making Sure Everyone Can Use Your Site
• Social Media: What's Out There, and How Should We Use It in Higher Ed?
• Blogging: Tips On Making Them Useful, and Thinking About Who Should Be Doing It
• Outside Looking In: Thinking About Your User
• User Testing: Card Sorts, Analytics, Surveys and Focus Groups
• Integrated Communications: Erasing the Line Between Web and Traditional Communications
• Open Source: What's Out There, How We Can Use It, and How We Can Give Back
• Mash-Up: How We Can Use XML, RSS Feeds and the Like to Make Great Pages
• Style Guide: A Definitive Collection of Editorial Standards for the Web at ISU
• Touching the javascript:void(‘’): How To Get Over It
• It's A Google World: GMail, GoogleTalk, Google Maps, Blogger, Analytics, Custom Search Engine and More!
• Audio, Video and Images: What Formats to Use, and How to Make the Most of Them
  
• Forms: How to Build Them, How to Use Them
• HTTP 101
• Animation Nation: The Do's and Don't's of Flash and Other Animation Tools

That's the list so far. What do you think?