University of Toronto – Episode #42
Site Scores:
| Site | Visual | Information | Code | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Toronto | 96 | 91 | 90 | (277/300) 92% A- |
Today’s Tip:
Homepage design should be treated as a web document and not a print document. The goal is to get eye balls interacting with the content and not just be visually appealing. Space has a different meaning on the web, you can expand the page past the fold and separate information into usable chunks.
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February 6th, 2009 at 5:08 pm
Nick- Just a quick note on applying to a public University in Ontario Canada (where UofT is). In Ontario prospective students apply to all public Universities from one central location – the place you showed in your episode today. The complete a single app and choose up to three schools/programs to send it to. Because of this they really don’t have their own application. Also UofT has no problem filling – they turn as many way as they keep – wish I had that problem.
My disappointment with this rebuild is that it is very shallow – not much below the top level here. The great global nav disappears after top level and the design just blows up. The new front page may get an A- but beyond that I think there are still a lot of issues. This is a huge school which has the ability to put resources towards fixing these issues – sad that they remain.
Keep up the good work!
-Andy
Tyndale University College & Seminary – Toronto
http://www.tyndale.ca
April 17th, 2009 at 4:00 am
The DoubleClick Code is likely for tracking banner advertising from other websites to analyze how effective UofT’s ads are. They aren’t using it for ad revenue, but the opposite.