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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

EDU Checkup: Pomona College, The University of Alabama

I only reviewed two sites this week, each at completely different ends of the spectrum. The first, Pomona College, did doing pretty much everything wrong. From the massive amounts of text on the homepage, the small footprint of the site (800px wide) to the flow of information. The design was definitely dated and so was [...]

Research, Tweak, Repeat: The Elusive Art of Incremental Redesign

This presentation was given at Stamats SIM Tech this last week.
Research, Tweak, Repeat: The Elusive Art of Incremental Redesign

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Links from the presentation:
Articles/Presentations:

Death of the Relaunch
Incremental Redesign – A More Manageable Approach to Improving Your Website
Agile Manifesto
Site evolution
The Three Hundred Million Dollar Button
Tweak of the Week
Good Designers Redesign, Great Designers Realign

Books/Resources:

The [...]

EDU Checkup: Indiana University East, George Mason University, Carroll College

Overall this was a great week for site reviews, almost all A’s across the board. Each site had a distinct look and emphasized their university colors and smiling faces. It was apparent these sites were redesigned recently and the redesign had a professional approach.
Indiana University East had the most social media presence on their homepage [...]