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Audience | Information needs |
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Prospective staff | Is this somewhere I'd like to work? What do they do? Who else works here? |
Prospective students, including international students, and their influencers | Understand the strengths and features of the school. Why would I choose to study here? What would it be like being a student here? |
| Prospective research partners (industry and business, government (central, local), other universities) | Understand the strengths and features of the school. Why would I work with them? Who are their people? What are their areas of expertise? |
| Current students - both coursework and research | Study and research material and information that is distinct to the school/programme. |
IA
| About | Student info |
Content
Home
| Intro | Intro block - brief. Linking to main intro in 'About us' |
| Contacts | Contact block - who to contact |
| News | Research projects, student achievements etc |
| Events | Seminars, conferences, careers events, lectures etc |
| Links: | Areas of study - linking to topics/programmes/courses in 'Study at Victoria' Research - linking to relevant content in Research Centres and institutes Faculty site |
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- Provide a profile of the faculty, including its purpose, roles and responsibilities; structure and affiliations.
- Provide faculty-specific administrative material for current students.
Primary audiences
Audience | Information needs |
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| Current students - both coursework and research | Find out about Student and Academic Services - what they can help with, how to contact them. Find out about specific faculty regulations for areas such as enrolment, exams and assessments, graduation. |
Prospective staff | Understand the strengths and features of the faculty. Is this somewhere I'd like to work? Who else works here? |
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| About us | Purpose and role of faculty. What sets our faculty apart. Punchy, marketing focus. Consider video where appropriate. Link to faculty handbook. |
| Location | Link to Our campuses. Include faculty-specific info about facilities if necessary. |
| Staff / Faculty staff | People finder tool? All staff associated with the school. Not presented in a table. Student and Academic Services - who, what, when (counter hours), where. |
| Forms | As on faculty sites now - large number of downloads. May move to 'Current students' in the future. |
| Mission, vision and values | If required |
| Committees and boards | If required. Complex information needs to be simplified or 'flattened' out - not nested too deeply. |
| Affiliations | If relevant at faculty level (rather than school level) |
Dean's list | Dean's list, Dean's award. |
| Links | Current students - specific links for all relevant areas. |
http://www.victoria.ac.nz/students/campus/clubs
Clubs in central location:
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Summary
- Sections/areas, not separate sites.
- Much smaller and simpler - audience focused, clearly defined purpose.
- Content much more integrated with mainsite. Content exposed in key areas of site where visitors are looking at related material.
- No content duplication.
- Flexible approach - 'local' content that has no logical home on mainsite remains on school site.
- Aligned with mainsite approach for content being organised by task, topic or user group - not by organisational structure.
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