UM-Flint University Relations

Open Drupal help sessions have been scheduled throughout the summer months and into fall semester. If you have questions about content strategy, Drupal, or anything web-related, please join us. All sessions are drop-in with no registration required. This year we’ve also added Drupal workshops that will focus on specific issues and solutions. New and longtime […]

Drupal open sessions will begin being offered again in mid-August. These sessions are a great resource for technical and content assistance with your website, as well as new Drupal user training. There is no need to register, and you are welcome to drop in at any time during a session (however, we ask that new […]

As we move into summer, we know that schedules and demands vary. We won’t be holding regularly scheduled Open Drupal Sessions in the summer months, but a list of fall semester dates will be shared with you all in the coming weeks. In the meantime, we’re happy to help you with your websites and Drupal questions. […]

The UM-Flint story cannot be told without student voices. Through the Students@UM-Flint blog, the university Instagram account, and@UMFlintStudents Twitter account, students can share their own, personal UM-Flint experiences with the world. Until now, only Students@UM-Flint bloggers had access to @UMFlintStudents on Twitter or the university’s Instagram account. Now we’re excited to expand the opportunity to students all across campus. […]

FormAssembly is an easy-to-use form creation tool that makes data collection easy, and is available to UM-Flint faculty and staff. FormAssembly forms integrate with your Drupal website and may be able to do more than you realize. To help you use FormAssembly to its potential, ITS has scheduled beginner and intermediate training sessions. Both sessions will be held […]

If your New Year’s resolution included getting your unit’s website in better shape, we’re here to help! Below are the dates for Drupal open sessions which have been scheduled through May 2014. Sessions to be held in 431 French Hall: Wednesday, January 15, 2 – 4 p.m. Thursday, January 23, 1 – 3 p.m. Tuesday, […]

The following update was sent to campus by email this week. The launch of the new UM-Flint website has been successful thanks to the high level of team work and collaboration across all university units. Thank you for the important role your department has played and will continue to play in keeping the university website […]

University Relations is happy to announce the release of Print Sprokit! Print Sprokit is a template system for commonly used UM-Flint branded print materials. The purpose of Print Sprokit is to provide university departments with a simple way to quickly: Create posters and flyers to promote events or initiatives. Create postcards/notecards for invitations. Create a […]

Thank you, Drupal users, for all of your hard work leading up to this week’s web launch! Our new website is live to the world, but the work on the web is far from done. To help you get more familiar with Drupal and make the most of your department’s website, open Drupal sessions have […]

DO If you have a lot of text: Consider using a 2-7-3 layout, because a 2-10 can put too many words on a line making text difficult to read, particularly for people with certain vision problems or dyslexia. Avoid accordions as they will shove content off the screen defeating the purpose of accordions Things that […]