University of Illinois office of web development
2012 report - Connecting to the world
Web sites Online courses Mobile and Social media.
University of Illinois extension office of web development is dedicated to providing access to vital
extension information and resources
for our customers anytime and anywhere
by eliminating the barriers of time,
distance, location, and socioeconomic status
individuals can now take charge of their own lifelong learning
The University of Illinois Extension homepage
is the hub of our online outreach here are just a few of our accomplishments for 2012
The site had 71.6 million pageviews last year an 8 percent increase
from the previous year that number equates to almost
200,000 views per day. En espanol,
the Spanish site, had 6.4 million pageviews
and included nearly 10 percent of all traffic
users on their mobile devices
saw our home page almost 2.4 million times
an impressive 39 percent increase from past years
the 27 unit office pages
saw 5.2 million views last year
and they were eight-percent of all traffic. There were 17 new
web sites developed during the year
for those who prefer to use a smartphone to access information
9 new mobile friendly web sites were launched
and for those using social media
our clientele can connect to extension on
YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, and our
newly launched Pinterest account. We produced 124
new YouTube videos in 2012. our subscriber count increased 157 percent last year
and our videos were watched nearly half a million times
a 125 percent increase from 2011
we now have 352 videos available
on our U of I extension YouTube channel
we posted to our Twitter accounts
2,100 times and that activity garnered almost
60,000 click-throughs
that's something to tweet about. This year
our almost 39 100 Facebook fans
viewed our posts that allowed for almost 25,000 click-throughs
in December we launched a Pinterest account
and already have more than 450 farms
across the state units are using social media
take a look at our Facebook Twitter and YouTube usage
statewide two new apps were completed this year
one on how to calculate exactly how much nitrogen is needed for corn fields
and the other on the keirin selection of roses
2012 was the year for online courses
24 new online courses were produced
including seven new certified crop advisor courses
13 professional development courses for community leaders
4 for each volunteer training programs
and a training course for pesticide handlers
our team is always here to give staff a helping hand when they need it
last year we answered almost 1,300
help requests from three hundred different extension staff members
in addition we have developed
new organizational tools to make the organization
more efficient these include my extension portal
and portal groups, social media monitor,
a volunteer time tracking system for
Master Gardeners and master naturalists, prayers
leave reports for county directors and the 4H
central repository system. We also developed several new publications and
marketing materials including bookmarks,
banners, gardening newsletters,
and legislative reports
last year we received an
Mary Abbot Hess award from the Academy for nutrition and dietetic foundation
for your guide to diet and diabetes website
with Karen Chapman Novakofski
Extension nutrition specialist. This award is for
original and innovative efforts in food and culinary education
during the year there were more than 640
teacher request for information about schools online
we've also had the opportunity to collaborate across the urbana-champaign campus
working with the Illinois--Indiana Sea Grant Program and the office of the vice
chancellor for research
we work with other institutions in the midwest
including Illinois State University University of Minnesota Extension
Iowa State University Extension and Outreach
and University of Wisconsin Cooperative Extension. Your web team is helping you
extend extension outreach through technology
and linking U of I extension to the world