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The Techrangers assist in updating the UCF Campus Map. It is an interactive flash and text map of the UCF campus.

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To Be Done (TBD) is the Techrangers’ workflow tool that was developed by and primarily for the Techranger team. TBD is used on a daily basis by members of the team as well as other teams within Course Development and Web Services. It is used for scheduling, time tracking, request processing, and technical support logging.

The Techrangers complete work requests for other teams in Course Development & Web Services. These requests are inputted into TBD and are sorted in order of priority by the application. The Techrangers then complete the requests, using TBD to time track and to notify the other teams of the completion of their requests.

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Currently, the Techrangers are responsible for routine maintenance and updating of the UCF News & Information web site. The team has been tasked with making CSS and content changes to the site on an ongoing basis, working with Web Strategy.

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The Techrangers were responsible for creating the initial concept design for the UCF main web site redesign in 2008. After substantial modification and rigorous usability testing by others at Course Development & Web Services, a final composition and sitemap was created.

The team was then tasked with marking up this final composition into a semantic, standards compliant website using XHTML and CSS.

Currently, the Techrangers are responsible for routine maintenance and updating of the site, working jointly with Web Strategy.

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The Teaching Online site’s front end and back end was redone by the Techrangers and is a resource for UCF teachers who want to or already teach online. It utilizes Textpattern for content management. It is currently being maintained as a joint venture between teams at Course Development and Web Services.

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The Techrangers created the original The Central Florida Nonprofit Nexus site, based on a design by Digital Media Team at Course Development and Web Services. The Techrangers team did front-end and back-end development for the site.

The Techrangers then converted the web site to Wordpress. The site is currently being maintained by the Nonprofit Nexus.

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The Techrangers working with Web Strategy migrated the previously existing website for UCF Information Fluency Initiative, which consisted of static pages, to Textpattern. The team did front-end and back-end development for the site.

Techrangers then converted the web site to Wordpress. The site is currently being maintained by the UCF Information Fluency Initiative.

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Zapt is a web application that allows University of Central Florida faculty to convert Word documents to XHTML for upload to their online course sections. The tool enforces web standards compliance for all content and speeds up the file upload process for faculty.

The technologies used to create Zapt are PHP, HTML, CSS, and the jQuery JavaScript library. It is an ongoing collaboration between the Techrangers and the Advanced Systems teams.

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Zombie is a modular tool written in Python that allows users to convert a document from one format to another. It can be run as either a Python module or as a stand-alone command line application

Currently, Zombie is being used by CDWS in a faculty tool called Zapt which allows UCF faculty to convert Word documents to XHTML for upload to their online course sections.

It is an ongoing collaboration between the Techrangers and the Advanced Systems teams.

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RedBeard is a tool that was developed jointly by the Techranger and Advanced Systems teams of Course Development & Web Services. It is a faculty and student information aggregater that has greatly improved CDWS course development and client data tracking. It has also allowed for easier and more accurate report generation within the department.

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