Update on OU Campus transition and new features

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UAF and SW continue to transition from Roxen to a new website platform called .

OU Campus is a web content management system that鈥檚 fast and easy to use and is designed specifically for higher education. It鈥檚 currently used by .

OU Campus was launched in fall 2018. Several websites have already migrated to the new platform. If you manage a Roxen website but haven鈥檛 yet heard from the Office of Information Technology about migrating your site, don鈥檛 worry, you鈥檒l be hearing from them soon!

New features

OIT has developed a number of new features to improve the OU Campus experience based on updates to the platform and  feedback from users:

  • Multipurpose Card Components (replaces the Callout Box Snippet)

  • Video Component (replaces the Embed Video Snippet)

  • Person Profile Component (replaces Person Profile Snippet)

  • Facebook and Twitter Embedded Timeline Components

  • Image with Caption Component

Training

Training for OU Campus and these new features is available on . Just log in with your UA username and password to get access. You can do the training at your own pace, but you鈥檒l need to complete it before you can be granted editing permissions.

For more information

Visit , or contact the OIT Support Center at 450-8300 or helpdesk@alaska.edu.