We’re making tremendous progress on the Website Redesign Project and are excited to share this updated timeline below to help keep our departments and colleges on track for our launch date of 1/27/2021. Please make sure you’re tapping into the continued support of our digital strategy team through this process. Training resources are available in the right sidebar of the website redesign blog along with Microsoft bookings links to schedule time with your designated strategist. We are hosting continuous training at the university for designated contributors that are interested in creating content for the new site and assisting with the migration of content to the new DXP. If you have additional team members that have not yet attended training, please contact your strategist.
If you have not connected with a member of the Digital Strategy Team to discuss the Website Redesign Project and you manage content on the current website, please reach out to the Director of Digital Strategy.
| Task | Start | End |
| Information Architecture | 7/23/2020 | 8/5/2020 |
| IA Review & Approval | 7/23/2020 | 8/5/2020 |
| Receive Gather Content Login | 7/30/2020 | * |
| Create Content for New Website: | 7/31/2020 | 10/30/2020 |
| Draft content in Gather Content platform. Once your content has been drafted, your assigned Digital Strategist will review, provide feedback, and make optimizations before forwarding to Branding for final approval. |
7/31/2020 | 10/30/2020 |
| Draft Check-in #2 | – | 9/1/2020 |
| GatherContent Check-In: 25% Content Complete in GatherContent | – | 9/11/2020 |
| GatherContent Check-In: 50% Content Complete in GatherContent | – | 9/25/2020 |
| GatherContent Check-In: 75% Content Complete in GatherContent | – | 10/16/2020 |
| GatherContent Check-In: 100% Content Complete in GatherContent | – | 10/30/2020 |
| Weekly Meetings: 15-Minute Check-Ins | 8/10/2020 | 10/30/2020 |
| Load Content into Sitefinity | 10/1/2020 | 11/30/2020 |
| Sitefinity Training (Scheduled based on feedback from colleges/departments) | – | 10/1/2020 |
| Load content into Sitefinity for final publishing. Note: All content must be approved by your assigned Digital Strategist and Branding prior to migration to Sitefinity. |
11/2/2020 | 11/30/2020 |
| Weekly Meetings: 15-Minute Check-Ins | 11/2/2020 | 11/30/2020 |
| User Acceptance Testing (UAT) | 12/1/2020 | 1/27/2020 |
| User Acceptance Testing Pages will be reviewed, navigation tested, and overall site functionality will be reviewed prior to go-live. |
12/1/2020 | 12/30/2020 |
| Weekly Meetings: 15-Minute Check-Ins | 12/1/2020 | 12/30/2020 |
| Go-Live & Post-Project Support | 1/27/2021 | Ongoing |
| User Acceptance Testing Your assigned Digital Strategist will be working with your college/department to determine the next steps. |
1/27/2021 | Ongoing |
*Team members can be added to Gather Content at any time to assist with the migration project.