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6 Higher-Ed Examples of Mega Menus

Posted by Stewart Foss on Sep 2, 2010 • (0 Comments)

This one is for the trend watchers out there. In case you haven’t come across these yet, mega menus are the next big thing or maybe I’m a little late and they are the last big thing … either way thy are big (in a few ways). Even our favorite killjoy, Jakob Nielson, likes mega [...]

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EDU Checkup: University of Hawaii, Florida Atlantic University, Eastern Kentucky University

This week started out pretty rough. University of Hawaii – Manoa didn’t shine in any area. There was a lot on the site and I am sure at one time it was ahead of its time but now visitors demand more. The homepage right column looks like it became a dumping around for things that [...]

Posted by Nick DeNardis on Aug 28, 2010 • (0 Comments)

EDU Checkup: Jackson Community College, Presbyterian College, Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar

This week was back to a normal schedule of three sites. The first, Jackson Community College did the worst. They tried their hardest to use a single template throughout the whole site and they did it but at the cost of uniqueness of each area. I found while navigating through the site I would forget [...]

Posted by Nick DeNardis on May 8, 2010 • (0 Comments)

Nominations are now open for the 2010 eduStyle Higher-Ed Web Awards

So to say yesterday was hectic would be an understatement. While we weren’t hit with a major natural disaster here, we did have some severe weather which made it difficult to complete some of the things that need to be done for the full launch of the eduStyle Awards nominations. So let me give you [...]

Posted by Stewart Foss on Apr 15, 2010 • (0 Comments)

2010 eduStyle Higher-Ed Web Awards – Submit your site

Things have started to roll for the 3rd Annual eduStyle Higher-Ed Web Awards. In order to qualify for this year’s awards you’ll need to submit your site by March 30th. This year there are a few notable additions which have required us to make some changes to our submission form. We have added categories for [...]

Posted by Stewart Foss on Mar 24, 2010 • (2 Comments)

EDU Checkup: Elon University, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Durham College

Just a few things to say about this week’s round of sites. They were overall pretty good, nothing earth shattering but at the same time they didn’t fall flat on their faces. Elon University had a super clean interface and a pretty good amount of information about their programs. They used their homepage as a [...]

Posted by Nick DeNardis on Mar 13, 2010 • (0 Comments)

EDU Checkup: Saint Michael’s College, University of Notre Dame, Northwestern College

What a great week, the first site Saint Michael’s College really felt dated. The site was designed for an 800px wide screen which makes it feel constricted. There is some movement on the homepage right as the page loads which is really distracting.
The second site University of Notre Dame – College of Arts and Letters [...]

Posted by Nick DeNardis on Mar 7, 2010 • (0 Comments)

EDU Checkup: Southwest Minnesota State, Saginaw Valley State, Carl Sandburg College

This week’s sites were all rated high overall. The first, Southwest Minnesota State University noteworthy this month did really well. The use of color, spacing focusing on the calls to action really drive the success of this site.
The second, Saginaw Valley State University got right to the point, they remove all the unnecessary links on their homepage to [...]

Posted by Nick DeNardis on Feb 14, 2010 • (0 Comments)

EDU Checkup: LaGuardia Community College, Scripps College, Monash University

It was a week of firsts. LaGuardia Community College had by far the brightest colors I have seen on an institution’s Web site. The site looked like a teacher’s store, especially with the apple in the top right corner. Beyond the graphics the larger problem was finding program information, it was mildly difficult, but just a few [...]

Posted by Nick DeNardis on Feb 6, 2010 • (0 Comments)