/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/authors/beth-martin/ Recent content on Digital.gov Hugo en-us /preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2022/01/19/call-for-participation-2022-government-ux-summit/ Wed, 19 Jan 2022 15:47:00 -0500 /preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2022/01/19/call-for-participation-2022-government-ux-summit/ Learn more about the User Experience Summit submission process, and submit your presentations for consideration! /preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/communities/web-content-managers/ Thu, 21 Nov 2013 02:31:00 -0500 /preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/communities/web-content-managers/ Create a better online experience for the public alongside government web content managers. /preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/event/2022/09/28/improve-your-website-with-user-testing/ Wed, 28 Sep 2022 14:00:00 -0500 /preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/event/2022/09/28/improve-your-website-with-user-testing/ Get tips and lessons learned from the Environmental Protection Agency on how to conduct user testing to improve customer experience. /preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/event/2022/06/07/2022-government-ux-summit/ Tue, 07 Jun 2022 11:00:00 -0500 /preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/event/2022/06/07/2022-government-ux-summit/ A two-day summit—June 7 and June 8—with experts who will share their experiences as UX practitioners in the federal government. /preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/event/2022/03/31/change-the-way-digital-work-gets-done/ Thu, 31 Mar 2022 14:00:00 -0500 /preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/event/2022/03/31/change-the-way-digital-work-gets-done/ Learn about what a Digital End-to-End Efficiency (DEEE) Framework is and how you can get started digitizing and automating your digital processes. /preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2015/02/13/institutionalizing-user-experience-building-usability-into-your-organization/ Fri, 13 Feb 2015 10:00:30 -0400 /preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2015/02/13/institutionalizing-user-experience-building-usability-into-your-organization/ So, you have some systems or tools your customers or employees access. Maybe you want to put together a robust capability to conduct usability testing. How do you start formalizing user experience (UX) into your organization? Brad Ludlow at GSA tossed this topic out on the User Experience community listserv, and I’ve encapsulated the superb discussion that /preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2014/10/28/trends-on-tuesday-8-ways-to-format-tables-for-responsive-web-design/ Tue, 28 Oct 2014 10:00:27 -0400 /preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2014/10/28/trends-on-tuesday-8-ways-to-format-tables-for-responsive-web-design/ Making tables, charts and graphs mobile friendly is like squeezing 10 pounds of sugar into a 5 pound bag. Mobile Gov Community of Practice member Debra Fiorrito from the Defense Accounting and Financing Service recently highlighted this challenge in her responsive Web design implementation. The challenge also came up during a call with the Federal /preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2014/08/13/photo-carousels-on-mobile-websites-use-with-caution/ Wed, 13 Aug 2014 10:00:58 -0400 /preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2014/08/13/photo-carousels-on-mobile-websites-use-with-caution/ You might recognize them by the user controls, if provided, that allow you to move from one newsy item to the next. They go by various names, including: carousel, slider, slideshow, banner, and gallery. Many government homepages have them. In a recent email exchange on