thursday, may 10, 2007
Constraints and educational websites
My college’s website works well considering that it’s disorganized, inaccessible, and ouchy on the eyes. It’s part of a succession of limited resources that we’ve survived. But constraints foster creativity, right? Last year I realized that I could help improve this thing, and that it was worth working on because the administration would take me seriously if I tried.
So I took the whole website and gradually redesigned it, re-organized it, proofread it, added missing content, uploaded new photos, and sent an email to the dean announcing the end of the first phase of my grand project.
He’s a great dean, and he likes the idea. We’re beginning the second phase — the hard part — where I convince the rest of the college that this website is better than the old one (and fix everything that turns out to be wrong with it). I have two more years here and think it’ll take that long to finish this project, which makes me happy.
If you want to help test it and/or tell me how to make it prettier, let me know!
comments (1)
Hey Britta -- we just did a .edu redesign at work so I'd like to kick the tires a bit with my coworkers....
– Jon Williams on 5/10/2007 09:16:54
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