attracting prospective graduate students through the web site analysis and redesign of a department...
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Attracting Prospective Graduate Students
through the Web Site
Analysis and Redesign of a Department Website
Lori BrunnerCI 603
Spring 2006
Overview of Presentation
• Project purpose• Major tasks• Survey of prospective graduate students• Existing conditions (current web site contents)• Search & analysis of “good” web sites• Recommendations• Mock-up
Purpose
The purpose of this project is to provide ideas and suggestions for a redesign of a section targeting prospective graduate students. More and more, students are relying on the internet for searching for graduate studies. Thus, this section is very important for university departments.
Major Project Tasks
• Survey prospective graduate students• Review existing conditions (current web site contents)
• Search & analysis of “good” web sites• Recommendations & strategies• Mock-up
Survey of Graduate Students
• Results
Review of Existing Conditions
• CI Dept Website– prospective graduate students section
http://www.ci.hs.iastate.edu/prspstud/grad/homepage.php
– Analysis
Example Web Sites
• UW-Madison Dept of Civil Engineering• Duke University• ISU College of Design• Analysis
Recommendations and Strategies
• Reorganize– Highlight department accomplishments
• “Tell a Story”– Alumni, faculty, current students
• More Information– Course web page template with information on all
courses offered in dept programs– Faculty research information
Mock-up
• Example web site design– http://www.public.iastate.edu/~lbrun/PGS-
home.htm