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Welcome to CWS Training, the source for all CWS training material.

It's our intent here at Central Web Services to provide OSU faculty, staff, and student groups with high quality training in the campus-wide web applications provided by our department.

Learning Approaches

Different people learn in different ways: some prefer to study independently and learn on their own, while others are more successful in a workshop or team-based environment. Some folks are very hands on, while others prefer to read every detail before diving in. CWS strives to meet the varying needs of the community it serves by supplying different learning approaches that can be combined in a variety of ways to ensure your personal success.

Independent Study

For people who prefer to study independently, we provide training information on a variety of topics. A wide range of different materials are available, including web pages, FAQ, Powerpoint presentations, and video. Where available, we will also supply links to related sites for advanced independent study.

These materials are available to anyone who wishes to view them and are accessible both on and off the OSU campus. closeup of a person's hand on a laptop touchpad

Interactive Workshops

For those who desire a more structured workshop method, we offer several different types and levels of training on a regular basis throughout the Oregon State University campus.

Workshop content ranges from instruction for CWS designed applications, such as the OSU Events Calendar, to expansive, progressive instruction, such as use of the Drupal Content Management System framework.

Standard workshops are provided regularly and are available at no charge for all OSU faculty, staff, and students.

For more information regarding workshop content and schedules, or to register, please refer to the Professional Development Central Registration Site.

From the CWS Blog

Bringing Home the Silver

Feb 27, 2012

No oops, but we did it again. Add another award winning design and implementation for the category of Overall Website in the CASE VIII 2012 Communication Awards. Oregon State University proudly brought home the Silver for the OSU College of Public Health and Human Sciences Website. If you don’t know by now the work [...] Read full story.

Worldwide Release: iOSU Version 1.2

Dec 8, 2011

It’s here! Central Web Services and the iOS App Development Club have been busy over the last several months getting the next version of the iOSU App for iPhone ready to release to the Apple store. So…why did it take us such a long time for our next release? In the initial release, we identified [...] Read full story.

EvalS: Your Performance Has Improved

Oct 20, 2011

The performance of the EvalS application is now ready for primetime use. The team worked hard, in conjunction with help from Enterprise Computing, to make changes to the code to improve upon the speed of the application. Locally, you should see a significan improvement. What took over 30 seconds to load before now takes a [...] Read full story.

EvalS here for performance, and its performance is first

Oct 1, 2011

Central Web Services in partnership with Human Resources and University Business Centers on Friday, with assistance from Enterprise Computing, deployed version 1.0.0 of the EvalS MyOSU portlet application on Friday, September 30th, 2011. What is EvalS? It’s an electronically-driven performance evaluation system designed to assist supervisors and employees to complete their annual goal-setting and appraisal [...] Read full story.