Roger & Corey,
Here are the deadlines for summer if we use the same timeline as the latest few issues. Tell me if anything looks wrong, but I think we'll be OK with this schedule?partly because we've already got about half of the issue figured out.
My hunch is the challenge this time will be getting the responses for the profiles, and assembling the menu of services?deciding what to put in the menu, how to describe it, and how to design it.
I've also put a copy in the ITT summer 2007 folder in the IT Times folder on the shared drive,
Bill
Summer 2007 IT Times deadlines
March 29 - Email IET communicators to solicit spring story ideas, announcements
(holiday Friday, March 30)
April 3 - draw up story list
April 4 - assign stories
April 11 - assign photos, graphic illustrations
April 25 - first drafts of stories due end of day
April 26,27 - edit first drafts, return w/comments to writers
April 30 - start roughing out design with designer
May 2 - second drafts of stories due end of day
May 3,4 - edit second drafts, return w/comments to writers as needed
May 4 - graphics/illustrations due
May 10 - third drafts due, as needed
May 11,14 - final text edits
May 15 - Material to designer, start of day
May 15-21 - Edition gets designed
May 22 - (Tuesday) final on-page edits, finished by 2 p.m.
May 22 - (Tuesday) send to reviewers by 3 p.m.
May 24 - (Thursday) due back from reviewers by end of day
May 25 - (Friday) Final changes finished; proofreading starts
(holiday Monday, May 28)
May 29 - (Tuesday) proofreading finishes by 1 p.m.
May 29 - (Tuesday) To Repro Graphics by 4 p.m.
June 1 - (Friday) to bulk mail
Week of June 4 - arrives in campus mailboxes
3/14 Meeting w/RA&BB: SmartSite Features for June issue.
Circulation Date: June 1-7th
Print Date: May 29th
BB will provide rest of timeline based on what occured last year.
Story List:
- Overview of Where we are at with SmartSite.
- Menu/Table of Contents of available tools.
- Call to action: Where to go for more info/training.
- 15-20 Faculty profiles with pictures.
Suggested Questions for an email/survey of current users:
When did you start using SmartSite?
What do you like about SmartSite?
What advice do you have to new users?
How do you see yourself using SmartSite in two years? - Staff Use SmartSite Too (General Staff Article)
- TRC Teaching Evaluation Story/Book Project (Specific Staff uses)