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15 July 2014
Webinar: Evaluating Online Behaviors: A Visitors and Residents Approach
This webinar demonstrates how the Evaluating Digital Services infoKit can be used to evaluate online behaviors and to address various ways of evaluating user engagement. #vandr
- Venue: Blackboard Collaborate
- Time: 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time, North America [UTC -4]
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