Digital screenings - learn with us every fortnight

Every fortnight on Wednesdays at 1.15pm we run screenings of webinars or recorded conference presentations about all things to do with digital comms. We do this to help keep our knowledge up to date and to provide a very informal opportunity to discuss new approaches to what we do.

Anyone is welcome to join us and we publish details of what's coming up on Twitter and on a wiki page (UoY only) in advance.

In the past we've learned about:

• Workflow for responsive redesign projects
• Pair writing for effective content creation
• The future of social media marketing
• User-centred photography
• Using HTTPS for all website traffic

That's a pretty eclectic list, but that reflects the nature of what we do! We wouldn't expect most people to want to come every time, so feel free to drop in just occasionally.

This week we're going to learn about programmatic advertising. We'll be in Derwent College room D/L/049 and will start at 1.15pm sharp.

This week's screening: Rocket Surgery Made Easy by Steve Krug

Next up in our regular series of lunchtime digital screenings is a usability test demo by Steve Krug, author of Don't Make Me Think!: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability and Rocket Surgery Made Easy: The Do-it-yourself Guide to Finding and Fixing Usability Problems (both essential reading!).

In this short video (25 minutes) Steve will run through an example usability test - if you've ever thought of running a usability test yourself but aren't sure what types of questions to ask, this is a great place to start.

Everyone welcome, feel free to join us in HG17 Heslington Hall this Wednesday at 1pm.

Digital screening - Experiencing Delightful Content by Jared Spool

As mentioned in last week's sprint notes, we're starting up a programme of screenings of recorded conference presentations or virtual seminars on topics related to all things digital.

Our first screening will be Wednesday 6 August at 1pm in H/G17 (that's tomorrow lunchtime - sorry for the short notice!) For our first event we've picked Jared Spool talking about Experiencing Delightful Content, recorded at the UX Immersion conference last year. A summary of the talk is available on the conference site.

These screenings will run every two weeks on a Wednesday lunchtime and are open to anyone in the University who would like to join us. Full details are on the digital screenings wiki page (uni folk only) and if you watch the wiki page (Tools > Watch) you can get automatic email updates when we announce future topics.

Hope to see a few people tomorrow and at future screenings.