EDU Checkup: Pomona College, The University of Alabama
I only reviewed two sites this week, each at completely different ends of the spectrum. The first, Pomona College, did doing pretty much everything wrong. From the massive amounts of text on the homepage, the small footprint of the site (800px wide) to the flow of information. The design was definitely dated and so was the style of coding. Using tables to layout the design has been taboo for quite some time now. On the other hand, it

Research, Tweak, Repeat: The Elusive Art of Incremental Redesign
This presentation was given at Stamats SIM Tech this last week. Research, Tweak, Repeat: The Elusive Art of Incremental Redesign View more documents from Stewart Foss. Links from the presentation: Articles/Presentations:

EDU Checkup: Indiana University East, George Mason University, Carroll College
Overall this was a great week for site reviews, almost all A’s across the board. Each site had a distinct look and emphasized their university colors and smiling faces. It was apparent these sites were redesigned recently and the redesign had a professional approach. Indiana University East had the most social media presence on their homepage than I have seen on any other university site.

EDU Checkup: Claremont McKenna College, Tasmanian Academy, Duke University
Another full week of episodes, three sites with completely different strategies. The first, Claremont had great intentions but when it came to executing it didn’t pan out so well. The homepage was overtaken by large graphical tabs with news and events in mixed columns. Last but not least cutting off their news titles won’t help users decide if t

EDU Checkup: Colorado State, Fairfield, Grove City College
Last weekend marked the first birthday for EDU Checkup! With this exciting milestone comes a few goodies. The most important is a regular schedule and the return of the weekly wrap up on eduStyle. The others will be coming shortly. This week I reviewed three sites,