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- The site search doesn't give useful results.
User feedback
Sessions with secondary students and current students in July 2015 provided the following insights.
School leavers:
Saw faculties and schools as places where you'd find information about which study options they'd have on offer.
Found the design of the sites difficult - commented on small font, squashed feel.
Current students:
(to come)
Google Analytics
A Google Analytics report for 1 March to 31 May 2015 showed us that audiences are using faculty and school sites primarily to access the following information.
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- There will no longer be distinct sites, but there will be an area or subsection for each faculty and each school (unless they are combined, or wish to be combined on the web, in which case there will be a blended area). See attachment for how these could be presented in a flattened IA. Combined areas could be provided for: Law, Engineering and CS, Architecture and Design, and Faculty of Education/School of Education: Te Kura Māori (to be discussed).
- The faculty and school areas will be located in About us > Faculties and schools.
- Faculty areas and school areas will be different from each other: they won't have duplicate content, and each of the two types of area will be tightly focused on a clear purpose and identified target audiences. They will be much simpler than the current sites.
- Content won't be duplicated across faculty sites or school sites. Where it Where content represents a standard approach, it will be located in a common area of the mainsite. the mainsite, rather than duplicated across faculty areas or across school areas.
- Content that is of high interest to Victoria's audiences will be centrally located on the mainsite. Strong linkages will ensure it remains findable for audiences from within the faculty and school areas.
- Information about subjects, programmes and courses will be located in ‘Future students’. The structure, presentation and content will be improved.
- Information about diplomas, certificates and professional development courses will also be located in 'Future students'. Improving the content is out of scope for the current project.
- Information about research centres and institutes, research projects, research funding and research partnerships will be located in the 'Research' section.
- Information about student wellbeing and support is located in 'Current students': generic information in faculty and school sites will be integrated with this.
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| Introduction | Strengths, unique features. Vibrant, exciting, makes an emotional connection. Like a walk down Cuba St? Include a video tour? One page only. Consider including a 1-minute video from HOS. |
| Students | A small collection of features covering the university experience of recent students. Different from News. |
| Staff | People finder tool? All staff associated with the school. |
| Alumni | Information for alumni (as on current school sites - eg, newsletters). How to sign up. Link to main alumni site. Information about alumni. A small collection of features covering the university experience of recent students. Different from News. |
| Positions | Eg, Academic Visitors' Programme, Fellows, Curator in Residence (School of Art History). |
| Partners | Accreditation, affiliations, prof bodies, industry assns and partnerships, sponsors, donors. |
| Structure | Boards, committees etc. Org chart |
| Publications | Relevant publications - eg: School Prospectus, Faculty Handbook. |
| Key links: | Research Contact us (main menu)
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Campus
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| Location | Campus maps, parking, public transport, food and drink (homesite) Information about the building the school is in. Information about the location of the school within the building - eg: "The School is located on Levels 4 and 5 of Rutherford House, and the School Office is situated on Level 5." | |
| Building access | Including after-hours access. | |
| On campus | Campus facilities - egSchool facilities | Eg, common room. Recreation Recreation services nearby Facilities for visitors (rooms, computers) |
| Health and safety | H&S in our building. Could be included in 'On campus' if that works. |
Student info
Purpose: School-specific info for current students by coursework and research students that wouldn't fit into the generic content on the homesite.
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