Will Ferrell wants to give away a hammerhead shark to the university who has the most students installing the FunnyOrDie facebook app:

We’re in the process of brainstorming ideas for a student-submitted video contest, so I’ve been looking at examples of what other universities have been doing.

Of the videos I’ve come across, here are a few favs:

This video was from the University of Minnesota Duluth’s Library Student Video contest

Bishop’s University Video contest entry:

TIGER UNIVERSITY VIDEO CONTEST Entry

But how could I leave this video out. It’s a classic:

UW-Madison has a great pile of resources and demonstrative videos about screen readers and accessibility.

Check out the Accessibility Videos and Podcasts page.

Listening to Learn: Digital Reading Solutions
See how technology and document conversion are helping students to read and learn.

Introduction to the Screen Reader
Experience how screen readers assist people who are blind read the Web and electronic documents.

Screen Magnification and the Web
Discover how screen magnification software is used to access the Web, and what Web designers can do to improve access.

Screen Readers and the Web
Learn relatively easy tips Web designers can use to increase access to the Web by a variety of users.

All found via Matt Hertberger’s del.ico.us feed, which never ceases to have something new and relevant to university web development.

A little something I put together in hopes that well use it for our upcoming university branding and identity presentation. We’re looking to tighten up our graphic standards and get more compliance across campus. Not only for print, but for web.

With all the buzz lately about Ustream being used by educators for live video, I thought I’d share the best use for this new technology.

“Hey everybody! Log in each night to watch my cat fend off the racoons from his food bowl. Includes soundtrack.”