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Special Cases: Launching a Web Project When Everyone Has Baggage

Presented at HighEdWeb 2019, Milwaukee, WI (View Slides)

In higher education, we’re surrounded by experts with highly specialized knowledge. It only makes sense then, that we’re handling so many “special cases”: special features, special user interfaces, special content types, special websites. And just like an overbooked flight, nobody wants to be the person to give up their baggage to get a project off the ground. Let’s talk about why we have special cases, what problems special cases can cause, and what we can do about them.

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Bringing Everyone to the Table: An Open-Source Table-Editor Web Component

Presented at HighEdWeb 2019, Milwaukee, WI (View Slides)

“I love how my CMS lets users create accessible, responsive tables!” said no one, ever.

No matter how many things a WYSIWYG editor or an author interface gets right, we still don’t have a UI that helps novices create accessible tables… until now. This session will highlight the pain points of creating tables on the web, how I created the table-editor web component, and how you can use this open source project.

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Introduction to Web Components

Presented at HighEdWeb 2019 Technical Academy, Milwaukee, WI (View Slides)

Web components work across modern browsers and can be used with any JavaScript library or framework that works with HTML. In this session, you learn why you would want to use web components, how to use them in your projects, and how to start making your own.