3:00 p.m., 20 February 2019, NH 3318
Attendance
Present:
Joe Kwan (Chair), Melisa Holst (Secretary), Daniella Cross, Chris Francis, Tasha Glover, Tom Graham, Danielle Jeanneault, Andrea Jennings, Liam Morland, Kevin Paxman, Derek Leung, Elizabeth Rogers, Kari Pasick-Stewart, Carrie-Ann Nickerson, Graham Faulkner, Laurel Forbes, Marta Bailey
Regrets:
Donald Duff-McCracken, Marlon Griffith
Absent:
Herbert Balagtas, Cynthia Breen, Janice Cooke, Michelle Douglas-Mills, Sarah Forgrave, Troy Grandy, Adriann Kennedy, Martin LeBlanc, Andrew McAlorum, Amy Meredith, Isaac Morland, Trevor Ridgeway, Carlos Saavedra, Susan Shifflett, Andrew Smith, Lori Suess, Michael Tjendra, Heather Wey, Mirko Vucicevich, Annaka Willemsen, Iva Badjari, Chao Lang, Neil McKay, Lisa Brackenridge, Andrew Turski
Approval of the minutes of September meeting
The minutes from the previous meeting were accepted as distributed.
Business arising
- Looking for an official word on fonts, Tom Graham to circle back at the next meeting with more information.
WCMS Training/Support update (Andrea Jennings)
Migrations and training - by numbers
- 916 sites live
- 49 in progress on pilots
- WCMS training courses: 4,677 attendees
- LEARN training courses:
- SEW099: 224 completed; 63 WIP
- SEW100: 57 completed; 12 WIP
- SEW101: 61 completed; 13 WIP
What's happening with the WCMS?
Upgrade to WCMS version 2.7.0: For any new features or functionality included in this release, we've updated the related how-to docs, to which we've linked from the release notes.
On Web Resources
Web courses
All SEW courses offered throughout the remainder of February are posted on the Web Resources website. Note: SEW100 course cancelled on Thursday, February 21.
Change to course offerings
WCMS SEW courses will not be offered during March or April, but will resume in May. If you need to complete a training course during those months, please contact wcms@uwaterloo.ca to schedule time in our WCMS Drop-in lab, or to set up alternate arrangements outside of the regular lab hours. Alternatively, self-registration for our online course offerings is available via LEARN.
Drop-in lab
No scheduled closures. If you require special arrangements outside of the regular drop-in hours please contact Andrea, ajenning@uwaterloo.ca. Regularly scheduled WCMS Drop-in lab hours: Tuesdays & Thursdays - 1:00pm - 4:00pm in MC 2060.
WCMS technical update (Kevin Paxman)
- Focus points in this sprint include assembling the 2.7.1 release, Drupal 8, and Open Scholar. The full list is on the Web Resources site.
- Features expected in 2.7.1 include new vertical timeline style; overhaul of "responsive menu" for greatly improved accessibility; accessibility checker in CKeditor (the "WYSIWYG" editor); Waterloo Photos integration, calendar appearance, iCal link name.
- Expecting a security release for Drupal 8 today; Drupal 7 not expected to have a release, but some contrib modules may need to be updated
- Developing a survey to send out in the near future for feedback on the WCMS in preparation for our Drupal 8 version.
Important Dates project (Joe Kwan, Marta Bailey, Danielle Jeanneault)
- Project was deployed in December 2018, a new working group has been established and looking to get feedback from everyone.
GDPR updated (Joe Kwan)
- Moving ahead with some initial content, speaking with Legal & Immigration Services (Yanick Charbonneau)
- A brief statement will be rolled in the near future, followed by more robust functionality and changes to our privacy statement
- Will distribute the statement to committee once it is rolled out
Drupal 7 development freeze
- Will start at the end of term, redirect the team to Drupal 8
- This will allow the team more time to focus on Drupal 8, will engage with committee to keep everyone informed and aware of the next steps
- We realize that we still need to meet business needs and in some cases are open to working with external developers if appropriate
- We also want to ensure what is built for you by any external developers meets your needs and is inline with Drupal 8
Meeting adjournment
The meeting adjourned at 4:06 p.m.