Department of Information Technology

Web Portfolio

2010/11 Initiatives

New Tweet and Facebook Recommend Buttons

Client:

  • School-wide

Goals:

  • Drive user engagement. Buttons appear automatically on all “Summary” article pages. Readers of our site can see what others have been reading and can share with their social networks.

Technology utilized:

  • Social Plugins
  • Sharing APIs
  • ColdFusion middleware

Url:

http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/news/press-releases/2011-releases/worldwide-obesity.html

tweet-recommendHarvard Longwood Campus Research Administration

Client:

  • HLCRA

Goals:

  • Create research administration online toolbox for faculty and staff at the Harvard Medical School, the Harvard School of Dental Medicine and the Harvard School of Public Health.

Technology utilized:

  • ColdFusion middleware
  • MS SQL 2008 database
  • HTML/CSS/XML
  • Custom Harvard alias

Url:

hlcra

The Forum at Harvard School of Public Health

Client:

The Forum

Goals:

  • Create new web site with moderated commentary, embedded live video from events

Technology utilized:

  • ColdFusion middleware
  • MS SQL 2008 database
  • HTML/CSS/XML
  • Brighcove video platform

Url:

forum-home

IPhone/Android App

Client:

Communications Office 

Goals:

  • The HSPH Public Health News app is designed to help members of the HSPH Community and others connect with each other and stay up-to-date on breaking public health news and research.

Technology utilized:

  • Data integration with multiple sites/applications
  • Integration with social networking feeds
  • Mobile Roadie CMS

Url:

http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/mobile-app/

hsph-iphone-newThe Nutrition Source Website Refresh

Client:

The Nutrition Source  

Goals:

  • Migrate existing site into new template and further enhance the overall look-and-feel.

Technology utilized:

  • ColdFusion middleware
  • MS SQL 2008 database
  • HTML/CSS/XML
  • SEO
  • Data collection

Url:

http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/

nutrition-sourceDepartmental Website Realignments

Clients:

Department of Health Policy and Management, and Department of Epidemiology 

Goals:

  • Overhaul content, reconstruct site architecture, create custom site banners, and further enhance the overall look-and-feel.

Technology utilized:

  • ColdFusion middleware
  • MS SQL 2008 database
  • HTML/CSS/XML
  • Flash Video
  • SEO

Url:

http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/departments/health-policy-and-management/

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HSPH Graduation Checklist

Client:

Office for Student Services 

Goals:

  • Aggregate and streamline commencement related forms

Technology utilized:

  • ColdFusion middleware
  • MS SQL 2008 database
  • HTML/CSS/XML/Ajax
  • Harvard PIN

graduation-checklistHSPH Homepage Face-lift

Clients:

Office of External Relations

Goals:

  • Create dynamic site banners, integrate social networking, widen page layout, and further enhance the overall look-and-feel.

Technology utilized:

  • ColdFusion middleware
  • MS SQL 2008 database
  • HTML/CSS/XML
  • Javascript

Url:

http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/

Online Course Evaluations

Client:

Office for Academic Affairs, Committee on Educational Policy (CEP)

Goals:

  • Replace time-consuming and inefficient paper and pencil course evaluation process with streamlined online system
  • Allow students to anonymously submit evaluations like existing system
  • Require students to either opt out or submit an evaluation
  • Present an attractive and flexible evaluation report that shows graphs, charts and allow for searching of comments
  • Allow for the ability for faculty to share evaluations with teaching assistants
  • Create an archive of evaluations periods
  • Restrict access to reporting utilizing the Harvard PIN

Technology utilized:

  • ColdFusion middleware
  • MS SQL 2000 database
  • HTML/CSS/XML/AJAX
  • Automated data feeds from registrar’s office
  • Email
  • Harvard PIN/LDAP

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Course evaluations detailed report

Course-Evaluations-Select-BCourse evaluations search by department

Degree Planner

Client:

Office for Education Programs

Goals:

  • Allow students to understand the degree programs and course tracks offered at the school
  • Empowers the departments to keep their degree programs up-to-date
  • Present an attractive and intuitive representation of degree program options
  • Allow for the ability for faculty to share evaluations with teaching assistants

Technology utilized:

  • ColdFusion middleware
  • MS SQL 2000 database
  • HTML/CSS/XML/AJAX
  • Automated data feeds from registrar’s office

Degree-PlannerSample degree planner course track and credit requirement information

HSPH Events Calendar

Client:

Office of Communications and Registrar’s Office
Goals:

  • Merge data from existing web calendar for communications purposes with data from room scheduling software creating one integrated calendar
  • Allow for mulitple levels of administrative control for editing and maintaining event listings
  • Allow for autoimporting of events between systems
  • Create an attractive interface for viewing and searching for HSPH events

Technology utilized:

  • ColdFusion middleware
  • MS SQL 2000 database
  • HTML/CSS/XML/AJAX
  • EMS Room scheduling software
  • Email

calendarHSPH Events Calendar event list with details

eCommerce utilizing Harvard Credit Card System

Client:

Continuing Professional Education
Goals:

  • Make course web registration forms ecommerce-enabled utilizing the Harvard Credit Card Service and their merchant and banking accounts.
  • Work with consultant on dynamically generating registration pages from course offerings in SalesLogix contact management system
  • Work with consultant on dynamically importing and saving data from course registration to their SalesLogix system.

Technology utilized:

  • ColdFusion middleware
  • MS SQL 2000 database
  • HTML/CSS
  • SalesLogix
  • Email
  • Harvard Credit Card System (HCCS)

CCPECCPE program registration and checkout with total

iTunes Podcasts

Client:

Office of Communications

Goals:

  • Expand the reach of the Office of Communications school-wide podcasts to the iTunes community.

Technology utilized:

  • ColdFusion middleware
  • MS SQL 2000 database
  • HTML/CSS/XML/iTunes

itunes-editedHSPH podcasts distributed through iTunes

Longwood Laboratory Hazard Database

Client:

EHS

Goals:

  • Goals

Technology utilized:

  • ColdFusion middleware
  • MS SQL 2000 database
  • HTML/CSS/XML/AJAX
  • Dynamic PDF generation
  • Harvard PIN/LDAP

placard-editedResulting dynamic placard from lab inventory

EHS-manager-editedLab manager

Other Projects

  • Origin helpdesk ticketing system
  • Isite tools for class registration
  • Online voting for teaching awards
  • Numerous conference registration and webstreaming projects
  • Dozens of forms for numerous administrative tasks including numerous commencement forms; faculty, staff, student and alumni surveys, key request form, visitor pass form, computer account forms, etc.
  • Great Place to Work employee recognition nomination form and administrative interface
  • CMS to maintain HSPH web site (fall 2006) expanding upon existing publishers for press releases
  • RSS feed creator
  • Laboratory inventory and placard project
  • Dynamic PDF or MS XLS applications
  • Database search applications