EDU Checkup: Ohio State University, Kent State University, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Posted June 3rd, 2009 by Nick DeNardis
This week on EDU Checkup I reviewed three sites. The first, Ohio State University – Stone Laboratory was at random and received the highest rating of any site on EDU Checkup. From its beautiful colors, typography and use of icons it was a pleasure to use as a first time visitor. It was like I was being guided along a walking tour. They paid attention to making sure the user was always involved with the experience of the site while still being able to locate the information. I might add that the code was one of the cleanest I have seen yet.
The other two were by request and did not fare so well. Both were your typical university sites that are in desperate need of a redesign. Kent State University piled on the menu items and links on the homepage. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute – Graduate School had a small main menu and drove the users into a huge list of sub menus, it was quite hard to find information.
Overall a great week, we learned a lot from these sites and their daily tips can be found on the Tip Archive page with the tips from all past episodes.
Reviews
| Site | Visual | Information | Code | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute – Graduate School – Episode #90 | 68 | 75 | 87 | (230/300) 76% C |
| Kent State University – Episode #89 | 70 | 74 | 60 | (204/300) 68% D+ |
| Ohio State University – Stone Laboratory – Episode #88 | 99 | 98 | 98 | (295/300) 98% A+ |
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About the Author
Posts by Nick DeNardis:
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13 Mar 2010 in EDU Checkup
EDU Checkup: Saint Michael’s College, University of Notre Dame, Northwestern College
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14 Feb 2010 in EDU Checkup
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06 Feb 2010 in EDU Checkup
EDU Checkup: Royal Roads University, Freed-Hardeman University, Lutheran Theological Seminary
30 Jan 2010 in EDU Checkup
EDU Checkup: Deeside College, Carnegie Mellon University
23 Jan 2010 in EDU Checkup
EDU Checkup: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
16 Jan 2010 in EDU Checkup
EDU Checkup: University of Wisconsin, Otterbein College
11 Jan 2010 in EDU Checkup
