CEHD uses a variety of applications (apps) and tools to make our websites. This keeps our sites flexible and adaptable to changing needs. However, it can become difficult to keep track of them all. This is a list of quick links for all of the applications and tools we use.
Analytics and Quality Assurance
Google Analytics
Talk to your communication lead about accessing analytics for your area. There is an art to working with this powerful tool and the data it gathers.
Google Analytics overview page
Google Analytics login page
Google Search Console (GSC)
Talk to your communication lead about accessing search console data. There is an art to working with the search data and access is restricted.
GSC overview page
Siteimprove
Crawls live college websites and provides reports on suspected misspellings, broken links, accessibility issues, and other useful quality checks.
Siteimprove overview page
Siteimprove login page
Forms and Surveys
Cognito Form Service
Easy to make forms, easy to embed on websites!
Cognito overview page
Tips for making forms
Cognito login page
Google Forms
Easy to use, not so easy to embed these on a webpage, unless it is a Google site. Check the Brand Resources site for the latest on U approved themes for this tool.
Google forms overview, University page
Qualtrics
Forms and survey that meet HIPPA compliance. Embedding in a college webpage not as easy as using Cognito, which is not HIPPA compliant.
Qualtrics overview, University page
Video Hosting – Embedding
Kaltura
University solution for academic use only.
Vimeo
Host and embed videos on college web sites with better controls than YouTube.
Vimeo overview page
YouTube
Video hosting on YouTube through the University contract with Google. Easy to embed YouTube videos on webpages, remember to check your settings for what will play when your video is done!
YouTube overview, University page
Website and COPE Tools
Drupal Lite
University hosted and supported CMS, U branded, learning curve is higher than WordPress or Google Sites.
Drupal Lite overview, University page
Events Tool (calendar)
Where college events can be entered for displaying on sites.
College calendar overview
Events tool login page
(LiveWhale events tool is coming Fall 2020. Hopefully will replace the college events tool. )
Google Sites
University hosted and supported, Google sites are super simple to use. Check the Brand Resources site for the latest on U approved themes for this tool.
Google Sites overview, University page
News Blog
Where news stories are entered to be fed into sites
News blog overview page
News Blog Site
News Blog Dashboard
People Tool
Where all of the people profiles are stored.
People tool overview page
People tool login page
WordPress
Lightweight CMS, simple to use, college hosted and supported.
WordPress overview page
(Login depends on the site you are editing)