EDU Checkup: Boston University, Indiana University Northwest

Posted May 14th, 2009 by Nick DeNardis

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This week on EDU Checkup I reviewed wo sites. The first Boston University – Dean of Students got my style vote because of its clean design and use of space. They didn’t try to bombard the user with information but let the users eyes rest and give them a clear direction to click.

The second site Indiana University Northwest didn’t fare so well. Overloading the user with links on the homepage, making it difficult to find program information and overall confusing the end user. Not to mention the homepage shows code or background information right in the main center for the first 30 seconds a user is on the site.

I still have a huge backlog of sites by request and they are on my list for next week.

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Nick DeNardis

Nick is the Associate Director of Web Communications at Wayne State University. As host of the video blog, EDU Checkup, he reviews higher education websites from the point of view of a first time visitor, while critiquing the design, information architecture and code of the sites. He is a staff writer at .eduGuru, a higher education marketing and web development blog. He takes an active role in the higher education web community by sharing his thoughts and real world analysis in the Wayne State Web Communications Blog.

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2 Responses to “EDU Checkup: Boston University, Indiana University Northwest”

  1. Lisa Says:
    May 15th, 2009 at 6:45 am

    I’d like to see your opinion of Stony Brook University’s admissions section: http://www.stonybrook.edu I work with our International Students and we get mixed reviews of ease and difficulty to find everything. If you have some time in the future to check it out that would be great!

  2. Nick DeNardis Says:
    May 16th, 2009 at 4:04 am

    Lisa,
    Not a problem! All you have to do is submit it at this site: http://educheckup.com/suggest-a-site/

    My backlog is a little large right now but I will get to it.

    Thank you again for watching and keep up the rock star work!