The last two weeks I was only able to review one video each, so this is a two week wrap up.

The first site, International Academy of Design & Technology, looked very impressive at first, everything was shiny and appeared to be well put together. But as I dove deeper into the site I realized it was essentially brochure ware . There wasn’t much depth to the information or the design. It felt like a lot of default Photoshop filters were applied and the information was what I would call “standard”.

The second site, The Juilliard School, didn’t far much better on their visual design. Items either had far too much spacing or too little to be comfortable. They made up for this in the information they provide about each program, entrance requirements and calls to action. I felt like they covered all of their bases and although they had a few 404′s when I reviewed they were corrected right away.

If you’re interested in having your university (or one of your competitors) reviewed publicly or privately feel free to submit your site. Over half of the sites reviewed on EDU Checkup are by request.

This Week’s Reviews

Site	Visual	Information	Code	Overall
The Juilliard School – Episode #271	82	96	85	(263/300) 87% B+
International Academy of Design & Technology – Episode #270	80	85	91	(256/300) 85% B

 

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