OU Open Labs: Spring Semester

Open Lab sessions are back by popular demand! We’ve blocked out time in a computer lab for you to drop in and ask questions, get help or simply work on your website with fewer interruptions. I’ll be working in the lab the whole time to answer your questions or help solve problems. There’s no need …

A Few New Web Projects

We had a busy summer working on the new inHope and new Athletics website and app, but we’ve also had a handful of fun projects this fall that we’d like to share with you. Dining Menus: we worked with Dining Services to introduce an entire new website for their area that also features new dining …

Letting go is never easy

One of our goals in transitioning to our new website is to make Hope’s website smaller. There was too much information on our old site, and that just makes it harder for our users to find what they’re looking for. It’s time to slim down. But that isn’t always easy to do. We’ve gotten used …

Announcing: inHope, the new KnowHope

The new college intranet, which is replacing KnowHope, is now live and available! The new service is called inHope, and can be accessed at in.hope.edu. It is only accessible to individuals who have a hope.edu email account. Features of inHope include: mobile friendly, easy to scan/filter, common links, easy to submit announcements, today’s events calendar, featured news, academic calendar, people …

Introducing Websmith

A while back we launched Websmith, a new users’ group for people who actively manage web content in OU Campus. For those of you who couldn’t make our first meeting, here’s a quick introduction to what we’re trying to accomplish. Please join us at an upcoming meeting! You can sign up online to express interest. …

The New KnowHope

Many of us have relied on KnowHope for our daily information during much of the site’s existence, which premiered in 1996. We’re excited to announce that we’ve been working on a “new KnowHope” to serve as the next generation of our college intranet. It will feature a new name and design, offer new functionality, and …

New OU Campus Assistance

We’re excited to announce two new resources available to individuals who develop, edit and maintain websites in OU Campus! Websmith Websmith is a new users group for people who maintain websites in OU Campus. We’ll use it to: Connect with OU Campus users in other departments and offices Participate in focused learning about OU Campus …

New Features of the New Website

If you guys are anything like me, you’ve never really paid a ton of attention to the Hope website. In fact, as a freshman (three whole years ago now!) I found myself getting confused between KnowHope, KnowHope Plus, and the regular Hope website because they all looked so incredibly similar to me. But within the …

New employee photos

What’s so newsworthy about new employee photos? We take new photos every August, right!? Well, for 2016 we decided to shake things up a bit. For several years, our employee photos have been done in a consistent style. The background featured familiar “clouds” in natural hues and a vignette framed a closely cropped smiling face. Since our …