Project Updates
| Date(s) | Milestone | Updates |
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October 28, 2020 |
USD 2.0: Phase 1 website launch |
Launch of the USD home page, USD website, and websites for the Undergraduate Admission and Graduate Admission offices. |
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September 30, 2020 |
Design system: Phase 3 completed |
'Organism' phase of USD's new design system, known as Camino, complete. This signifies that the design system is now 100% complete. |
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August 31, 2020 |
USD 2.0: Design Reveal |
See the USD Design Review presentation (PDF) for a review of USD's new visual design system, known as Camino, and the prototypes for the new USD home page, Undergraduate Admission home page, and Graduate Admission home page. These new home pages and their supporting sites and content are slated for launch in October 2020. |
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July 7, 2020 |
Design system: Phase 2 completed |
'Molecule' phase of USD's new design system, known as Camino, complete. This signifies that the design system is now 66% complete. |
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April 14, 2020 |
Design system: Phase 1 completed |
'Atom' phase of USD's new design system, known as Camino, complete. This signifies that the design system is now 33% complete. |
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January 27, 2020 |
USD 2.0: Information Architecture and Content Priorities |
See the USD Main Architecture presentation (PDF) for a review of USD's new high-level content priorities, reviewed with representatives from the University Communications, Admissions, and Provost areas. The redesign team worked with constituents around campus to identify the user and institutional priorities that will shape the architecture of the future USD website. |
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December 9, 2019 |
Usability Testing Lab |
Launch of a streamlined usability lab and first round of conducting tests on both USD navigation systems as well as compeitor and aspirational school navigations. |
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October 1, 2019 |
Cascade On-Demand Training |
Launch of a fully on-demand, online training accessible to all USD faculty, staff, students, contractors, and other people authorized to access and update USD websites. |
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September 9, 2019 - November 22, 2019 |
USD 2.0: Research and Discovery |
This fall semester, efforts were focused on conducting internal and external research to learn more about how both the university and the USD website are perceived. The result of these efforts is summarized in a Research and Discovery Summary. Toward the goal of transparency, the following assets and information are also available for viewing:
Collectively, this information has led to institutional and technical goals for USD 2.0. |
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August 14, 2019 - September 6, 2019 |
USD 2.0: Website Data Review Meetings |
A series of presentations conducted with the admissions (undergraduate and graduate) offices and the schools and College of the university to provide insight on website performance and suggested improvements. See the Website Data Review presentation (PDF) for a generic version of the discussion conducted with marketing professionals and website content providers across campus. |
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July 11, 2019 |
USD 2.0: CMS Initial Discovery |
A presentation to Cascade CMS maintainers on the proposed direction of changes in templating, tools, and website layout options. See the CMS 2.0 Initial Discovery presentation (PDF) |
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May 16, 2019 |
USD 2.0: MyPostings Initial Discovery |
A presentation to marketing representatives from around campus on the proposed direction of an all-new MyPostings (news and events) system. See the MyPostings 2.0 Initial Discovery presentation (PDF) |
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February, 13, 2019 |
USD 2.0: Design System Initial Discovery |
A presentation to marketing representatives from around campus regarding a new design system and component library for the USD website and related systems and tools. See the Design System Initial Discovery presentation (PDF) |