I do agree with the phrase “things people go the site
looking for,” because it should be common knowledge that one goes to university
website to look for department/course lists, usable campus maps and application
forms, etc. Furthermore, the front page should have all the essentials; campus
photos, press releases, promotions for campus events, and links to campus
security because it may be tedious to find these things if there are multiple
pages to navigate through.
The campus website that I chose was the University of Southern California (USC). Let me tell you it is definitely a nice site to
view. There are multiple modes used to describe the site. The visuals of this
website make for the eyes to easily wonder around the front page and purpose of
this site is easily noted. The large photo in the middle with the group of
smiley faces creates a sense of happiness and good environment that is provided
at USC. The whole site is of the colors of the school: cardinal and gold, and
the author is USC web services. Again, it’s a nice site but not as good as WSU.
Looking at USC’s site it is almost as if they followed the structure
of the comic strip of figure 2.2. First, they have the full name of the school.
Then there is a link to campus photos, press releases and promotions for campus
events. Moreover, one can easily find a link to campus safety, and a link to
department course lists under academics.
I believe that figure 2.2 is correct in many ways. It’s
obvious that all websites must have the schools full name. I believe this
because it is to show the school's prestige. Second, for a website to be a
university website it must have all of the things that figure 2.2 indicate for
it to work and function as a decent website of any university. Lastly, a few of
these things do not necessarily have to be on the site, but if many are missing,
like the full name or department course lists, the intended audience may have a
difficult time accessing the content that they are looking for.
Hi!
ReplyDeleteThis is Minori from DTC 355. Your response is really specific and informative that made me learn so much! I visited the site of USC that you linked, and I agree that it is nice. The visual caught my attention first like you said, especially, the school full name. Great job! Thank you!
It might be me but the USC's page appears to be broken right now, or at least that's how it seems to me. The page looks fine and normal but at the top there is a red bar in the background and I kind of expect a logo to be there... It's a little creepy to me, but assuming it was there, you are completely correct it does follow the cartoon pretty well and does a good job of balancing between current and future students.
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