Virtual meetings have increasingly become the norm for hosting professional, educational, and/or recreational events. They allow access to people across geographies, schedules, and abilities. However, simply starting a video conference for your ... READ MORE
Category: Professional Development, UF/IFAS Extension
Imagine you are working on a manuscript that you want posted to Ask IFAS. You may want to include images so you can better illustrate your points, or so you can break up the text in the finished HTML and PDF versions of your publication. Proper ... READ MORE
Category: Professional Development, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, Work & Life
Summer in Florida brings forth many things: onerous heat, perpetual rains, exciting vacations, and renewed physical activity. Before the cool fall harvest and reclusive winter, it is not too late to enjoy this season of growth. Purslane (Portulaca ... READ MORE
Category: Fruits & Vegetables, Health & Nutrition, Horticulture, UF/IFAS Extension
Many EDIS publications use charts and graphs to clarify points and provide a visual representation of data. Charts and graphs can help readers understand complex ideas. Unfortunately, people with low vision and color vision deficits can have ... READ MORE
Category: UF/IFAS Extension
Starting with new publications and major revisions released after January 1, 2024, UF/IFAS is releasing EDIS publications under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) license. Open-access ... READ MORE
Category: , Professional Development, UF/IFAS Extension, Work & Life
Congratulations, EDIS author! You have made it to the production stage of publishing with the EDIS journal. Your EDIS editor just sent you the PDF version of your work. What do you do now? They asked you to review the proof edits and make any ... READ MORE
Category: Professional Development, UF/IFAS Extension
Desde hace más de quince años, nuestro sitio web (ahora diseñado como una revista académica "EDIS" para gestión de manuscritos enviados y "Ask IFAS" para interacción con las audiencias de Extensión) ha contado entre sus publicaciones ... READ MORE
Category: UF/IFAS Extension
Here they are! The Top 100 Ask IFAS publications of 2023, and a separate table with the Top 20 Spanish publications. This year’s top performing publications have a few interesting factors: Nonnative Monkey Populations made the front ... READ MORE
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Like many people seeking enrichment during the COVID-19 pandemic, I sought discovery of new hobbies including indoor plant cultivation. I started with a few houseplants. Their growth and beauty would be a physical reflection of hard work and ... READ MORE
Category: Home Landscapes, Horticulture, UF/IFAS Extension
A whirlwind of different considerations, thoughts, and feelings may enter the foreground during the holiday season. These can be everyday as well as holiday-specific material concerns and stressors. A host for a yearly dinner worries whether ... READ MORE
Category: Relationships & Family, UF/IFAS Extension, Work & Life