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Help, tips, and tricks for working with Webtools

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  • Add a Carousel Widget to a Webpage [4:51]

    by wilsonjr@illinois.eduDec 7, 2015 12:00 pm430  Views

    View a complete demo of adding a Blog Carousel widget to a webpage.

  • Enhancements to Forms and Surveys

    by Elizabeth BurnetteNov 27, 2018 9:30 am421  Views

    Web Services will be adding multiple enhancements to Forms and Surveys in the coming months. We are providing the list in the hopes that users send us additional enhancements to add to the tools.

  • Adding photos to your Campus Directory Profile

    by James WilsonOct 29, 2018 8:30 am355  Views

    The Campus Directory now supports three types of image uploads.  Once an image is uploaded into the Campus Directory it can be rotated (if necessary) and cropped to the exact sizes that are required.  Images may be added from phones, iPads, desktop computers, and other devices. 

  • New Webtool for adding Undergraduate Students, Shared, and External Access

    by Lance CampbellJan 24, 2019 3:00 pm354  Views

    Go to More/Sponsored in Webtools and add the user.  The user will be added with the same unit and department as the person adding them.  To add them to a different unit please have a staff member from that unit add them.

  • Calendar XML FAQs

    by Lance CampbellDec 5, 2016 11:15 am344  Views

    The ins and outs of using the Calendar XML.

  • Email+ Opt Out [3:38]

    by David BlackApr 17, 2015 9:15 am261  Views

    Webtools Opt Out allows users to "opt out" of a particular mailing without removing them from your Email Distribution List.

  • Email+ Demo [1:05:56]

    by David BlackFeb 16, 2015 11:00 am253  Views

    Craft Emails that work beautifully across all major email clients and devices, monitor your success and more.

  • Webtools training has been postponed

    by James WilsonDec 12, 2019 10:15 am236  Views

    We sincerely apologize for this inconvenience.  The Skype meeting software wil not functioning properly and we are unable to host today's training.  We have attempted to present the training on several computers but the end result is not usable.  Training will be rescheduled as soon as we can get Skype to work.

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