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 information on each page but takes precious real estate away from related information.

Free-Hardeman University almost hit it out of the park. The visuals and use of photography was awesome but they had a bit of an issue with lack of information for each major. Getting to each major was intuitive but then learning about them left something to be desired. Their code though was one of the few A’s, and just a few changes and it could be an A+.

Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia had more problems than I could count. For starters the homepage had announcements for current students that took prominence over prospective student areas. The second was the huge menu, six levels deep! Unfortunately the information and code didn’t get any better. I am thinking a complete overhaul is what this site needs.

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This Week’s Reviews

Site	Visual	Information	Code	Overall
Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia – Episode #142	43	51	60	(154/300) 51% F-
Freed-Hardeman University – Episode #141	97	89	96	(282/300) 94% A
Royal Roads University – Episode #140	82	80	71	(233/300) 77% C+

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