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Ferris State University – Episode #62

Monday, March 16th, 2009

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Site Visual Information Code Overall
Ferris State University 75 90 78 (243/300) 81% B-

Today’s Tip:

Tables should only be used for tabular data and not for positioning content visually on the page. The reason is screen readers and text only browsers read the page content in order of the source. Content in tables have the potential to make non necessary information be read or content to be read out of natural order.

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West Virginia University – College of Human Resources and Education – Epsiode #61

Thursday, March 12th, 2009

Site Scores:

Site Visual Information Code Overall
West Virginia University – College of Human Resources and Education 92 91 85 (268/300) 89% B+

Today’s Tip:

Don’t let the system ruin the users experience. Just because you have to break out your information a certain way to be consistent if you need to adapt that for a better user experience you should. Having too many layers to get to important content will detract users and have the potential for them to get lost. Get them the information they are looking for before they get lost.

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Chesapeake College – Episode #60

Tuesday, March 10th, 2009

Site Scores:

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Chesapeake College 16 50 82 (148/300) 49% F+

Today’s Tip:

Keep drop downs light, at most eight items should be a rule of thumb. 5-6 would be ideal but once the menu gets beyond eight it gets hard to scan and hard to navigate with a mouse.

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Virginia Military Institute – Episode #59

Monday, March 9th, 2009

Site Scores:

Site Visual Information Code Overall
Virginia Military Institute 73 76 66 (215/300) 72% C-

Today’s Tip:

Always have a search form on your homepage. It is by far the best resource for either an avid viewer of your site or a newcomer. The daily visitors probably have it set as their homepage and know exactly what they are looking for. The new visitors may just plain be lost or don’t want to bother with your navigation. If you use Google custom search you can even frame the results in your university header and footer so every results page is branded.

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