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

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

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 [...]

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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)

EDU Checkup: Royal Roads University, Freed-Hardeman University, Lutheran Theological Seminary

Three sites this week, starting out pretty good was Royal Roads University. The site had an amazing use of white space and positioning. Everything had it’s place and it was easy to scan. But diving deeper the right and left columns stay static no matter which page you are on. This is great to get [...]

Posted by Nick DeNardis on Jan 30, 2010 • (0 Comments)

EDU Checkup: Deeside College, Carnegie Mellon University

Both sites this week did a great job! Their scores would have been higher but the code category pulled them down. The first, Deeside College had by far the most calls to action I have seen on a college site. Every page had at least one or two buttons for next steps and multiple options for a [...]

Posted by Nick DeNardis on Jan 23, 2010 • (0 Comments)

EDU Checkup: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Just one site this week, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign gave us a few things to talk about. The vibrant colors really pull a user into the photos. The homepage wrapped student photos with a frame that showed more movement than the typical higher ed site. The menu items being in all capitals were [...]

Posted by Nick DeNardis on Jan 16, 2010 • (0 Comments)

EDU Checkup: University of Wisconsin, Otterbein College

First week of the new year started out with some great lessons. First the University of Wisconsin – Oshkosh College of Business has a very clean and easy to scan design. I wasn’t met with too many challenges but the one odd thing that stuck with me was the high prominence of an “admissions [...]

Posted by Nick DeNardis on Jan 11, 2010 • (0 Comments)

EDU Checkup: Western Illinois University, Hope College

This week seemed like a flop, Western Illinois University got a “D” and Hope College got an “F-”, but there are some pretty important lessons here. The first is as you can tell from the screen shots above the web changes fast, your users will know in a few seconds how much effort you put [...]

Posted by Nick DeNardis on Dec 6, 2009 • (0 Comments)