EnhancingInteractivityandengagementtotheScienceGatewayCommunityInstituteWorkforceDevelopmentSite

2017TatyanaMatthews,JeffersonRidgewayIV,Disaiah BennettElizabethCityStateUniversity

Abstract

TheCenterofExcellenceinRemoteSensingEducationandResearch(CERSER)onthecampusofElizabethCityStateUniversityisafoundingmemberofSGCIledbySanDiegoSupercomputingCenterandtheScienceGatewaysCommunityInstitute(SGCI).OneofthefiveareasofSGCIistheWorkforceDevelopmentledbyDr.LindaHayden.WorkforceDevelopmentaimstonurturethenextgenerationofgatewayusersanddevelopersandengagethepotentialofstudentsfromunderrepresentedgroups.

Abstract

Assciencetodaygrowsincreasinglycomputerbased,itposeschallengesandopportunitiesforresearchers.Scientistsandengineersareturningtogatewaystoallowthemtoanalyze,share,andunderstandlargevolumesofdatamoreeffectively.Theexistenceofscienceandengineeringgatewaysandthesophisticatedcyberinfrastructure(CI)toolstogethercansignificantlyimprovetheproductivityofresearchers.Mostimportantly,sciencegatewayscangiveuniformaccesstothecyberinfrastructurethatenablescutting-edgescience.

Abstract

ThegoalofthewebdevelopmentteamwastoincreasetheinteractivityoftheSGCIYoungProfessionalssitetoattractpotentialmembersanddisseminateinformation.ThiswascompletedutilizingWordPressWidgetstoprovidegraphicalandinteractivecomponents.Bootstrapcomponents(HTML,CSS,andJavaScript)werealsoresearchedfortheirinclusionintothecurrentWordPressContentManagementSystem(CMS)andthefutureLiferay CMS.

ResearchOverview

CERSER+

SanDiegoSupercomputingCenterand ScienceGatewaysCommunityInstitute

Enableresearcherstoanalyze,share,and

understand largevolumesofdatamoreeffectively

Improvetheproductivityofresearchers

WorkforceDevelopmentisoneoffivekeyareas

withinSGCI

Interactivity

PotentialMembers

Information

ScienceGatewaysCommunityInstitute(SGCI)

• TheScienceGatewayCommunityInstitute(SGCI)WorkforceDevelopmentTeamistaskedwithattractingprofessionals,faculty,andstudentstoparticipateinconferences,workshops,andinternships

• Dr.LindaHaydenistheleadonthiscomponentofSGCI

WorkforceDevelopmentPage

OriginalSite

Tools

WordPress• “publishingplatformthatmakesiteasy

foranyonetopublishonline,andproudlypowersmillionsofwebsites”

• ContentManagementSystem(CMS)

• TheSGCIsiteusesaWordPresstheme,whichcontrolsitsgenerallookandfeel

Bootstrap• “themostpopularHTML,CSS,andJS

frameworkfordevelopingresponsive,mobilefirstprojectsontheweb”

• KeyBenefits

• Navigation• Iconography• Dropdowns

• Components

• EaseofUse

• Open-Source

Goal

UseBootstrapcomponentsinWordPresstoenhancetheSGCIsite

Roadblock

• CurrentsiteusesWordPresstheme

• CannotuseBootstrapcomponentsunlessusingaBootstrapthemeinWordPress

PageEnhancements

OriginalSite

Widget:ImageHoverEffects

Widget:ImageHoverEffects

Widget:Soliloquy

Widget:Soliloquy

Demo

CurrentSite

Conclusion

• TeamwasnotabletouseBootstrapcomponentswithWordPresstheme

• Liferay components+WordPresswidgetscanfulfillsomeofthecapabilitiesofBootstrapcomponents

FutureWork• FutureCMSoftheSGCIsiteisLiferay

• BootstrapiscompatiblewithLiferay

• Long-termgoals

• Liferay offers“developersacompleteplatformforbuildingwebapps,mobileapps,andwebservicesquickly,usingfeaturesandframeworksdesignedforrapiddevelopment,goodperformance,andeaseofuse”

• DevelopCERSER’scurrentsitesintoresponsivesitesusingBootstrap• CreateFacebookGroupforYoungProfessionalstonetwork

Acknowledgements

Dr.LindaHaydenofElizabethCityStateUniversity

ScienceGatewayCommunityInstitute(SGCI)

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