HampdenSydney College Web

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Hampden-Sydney CollegeWeb

• Redesign Plans

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Mission

• to form good men and good citizens in an
  atmosphere of sound learning

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Should this Mission be evident in Website?

• 1 Year 3 Months until our projected LAUNCH DATE!

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Plan for Redesign

• Seek input from all stakeholders
• Collect data
• Define objectives
• Develop templates
• Conduct usability studies
• Design Flash presentation for homepage
• Get more student and faculty stories
• Prioritize order of departments in redesign

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Tools for Redesign

• Purchase of CMS budget report
• Marketing research budget report
• Priorities of incoming President, Dr. Howard
• Alternatives if CMS and research NOT purchased in
  2009-10

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Data Currently Available
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Computing Center Survey 2008-09
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What makes an award winning institutional web
site?

• a sound strategy
• sound information architecture, navigability,
  usability and search
• good content, effectively deployed across the
  site
• appropriate look and feel, distinctive to the
  purpose of the site and consistent within the
  site
• appropriate use of technology adherence to
  standards and
• evaluation plan appropriate results

CASE Judges Report 2008
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A Few Winning Sites

• Silver MedalBall State University (www.bsu.edu)
• Bronze MedalsConcordia University
  (www.concordia.ca)Hobart and William Smith
  Colleges (www.hws.edu)Indiana University-Purdue
  University Indianapolis (www.iupui.edu)

CASE Judges Report 2008
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Suggested Good Sites

• Hollins University
• Washington Lee University
• Pepperdine University
• Brown University

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Common Elements

• Flash presentation on homepage
• Featured student and faculty stories
• Links to news and events

Unique Elements

• Variety of menu arrangements
• Variety of colors and designs

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Computing Center Survey 2008-09
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Computing Center Survey 2008-09
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Menus

• In general, sites are better organized and
  theres more consistency in interface and
  navigation across a given site, making it easier
  for visitors to navigate around it. Still, we saw
  some sites with confusing menus (or too many of
  them) a clear step backwards.
• Ball State University
• Concordia University

CASE Judges Report 2008
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Computing Center Survey 2008-09
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Multimedia

• This year, we saw that the apparent Web-wide
  absorption with video has reached colleges,
  universities, and schools. We viewed a
  significant amount of video on the sites we
  judged. One reaction to this plethora of video
  is so what? Too much writing on college and
  university Web pages seems uninspired and too
  many of the videos we saw started to look the
  same badly lit and badly shot talking heads.
• Some sites we explored clearly reached for wow
  but wow in and of itself isnt enough. Without
  functionality, wow quickly becomes annoying.

CASE Judges Report 2008
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Multimedia Tbird Raffle
Video lasted about 1 min.
Google Analytics 2008-09
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Computing Center Survey 2008-09
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Printer-friendly page

• Academic Calendar
• 0 hits in 2008 on printer-friendly link
• INGENIUX will provide this automatically

AWStats and Google Analytics 2008
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Computing Center Survey 2008-09
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Use of Text-only version

• 2,469 views in 2008
• Provides compliance with Section 508 ADA
  standards
• INGENIUX is compliant with Web Accessibility
  Initiative
• we saw an increased awareness of accessibility,
  with institutions providing transcripts for video
  and generally paying greater attention to
  standards across the board. CASE Judges Report

AWStats 2008
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Computing Center Survey 2008-09
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Use of Mobile homepage

• 224 views in Dec 2008 Mar 2009
• INGENIUX will provide this automatically

Google Analytics 2008-09
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Homepage to Prospective
Google Analytics 2008-09
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Homepage to News
Google Analytics 2008-09
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Your Assignment

• Should you wish to accept it

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Define Objectives

• for each Department

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Collect Data

• Sources you may have and web stats

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Continue on Path to Develop Plan

• Meet Again in April
• Bring your Objectives and Data