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Web & Digital Strategy

How to Send Campus Communications

Getting the right message to the right audience at the right time is essential to effective campus communication. To help make that process easier, UIS Marketing & Brand Strategy has launched a Campus Communications Form that serves as a single starting point for campus-wide communication requests. This developed form replaces the former Campus Announcements submission process and helps ensure messages are delivered through the most effective communication channels.

The Office of Web and Digital Strategy has introduced new features to the University of Illinois Springfield's academic program pages to give prospective students clearer, more actionable information as they explore their educational options.

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How we Compare

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At the University of Illinois Springfield (UIS), our mission is to provide an accessible, high-quality education that prepares students for success, strengthens our communities, and advances the public good. We measure our progress by the outcomes we achieve for our students and by how we compare with peer institutions across key areas of student success and institutional performance.

Helping Visitors Find Answers Faster

Beginning July 20, visitors to the UIS website will notice a new feature designed to make finding information easier: the UIS AI Chat. You can access the chat by clicking the 'UIS AI Chat' bubble on the bottom right of the screen.

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Newsletter Training Guide

This guide explains how to create, preview, test, and send a newsletter from Drupal.

What The Newsletter Tool Does

The Newsletter content type builds an email newsletter from selected Article and Event content. Editors choose the newsletter layout, add a subject line, add a recipient list, select articles and events, preview the email, send a test, and then queue the final send.

Meeting Notes

The second Web Advisory Council meeting covered active web projects including an AI chatbot, archive site, and program page enhancements. Three homepage redesign concepts were presented by Lina for council feedback. A new campus communications triage form is launching imminently to replace the deprecated campus announcements system. 

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The University of Illinois Springfield (UIS) has reached a significant milestone in digital accessibility, achieving 100% website compliance, as of April 17, 2025, ahead of the U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) original April 24, 2026 deadline.

While the DOJ has since extended the compliance deadline to April 24, 2027, UIS’s early completion reflects a proactive, campus-wide commitment to accessibility that goes well beyond meeting minimum requirements.

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The U.S. Department of Justice has extended the Title II digital accessibility compliance date for public entities our size from April 24, 2026, to April 26, 2027. This change gives institutions additional time to complete implementation, but it does not change the broader direction of our work. UIS remains committed to reducing digital barriers and improving access to learning, work, and public-facing services.

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Archived Web Content Exception Under ADA Title II

Purpose 

Content that has been published for historical, legal, or reference purposes could remain on the website, even if the content is not accessible. However, all criteria for archived web content exception must be followed for web content to be archived. 

Note: Content that qualifies as archivable, may still require an accessible version of the document upon request. A best practice is to create and publish accessible content when possible.

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