Bill Sears forwarded your message to me.
Thank you very much for your input on the flow-charts. And the time
you spent redoing it - wow! I would very much like to use the work you
did; for all the reasons you have pointed out. How do you want to
proceed? I have some questions. I will need to be able to make
changes periodically. What did you use to develop these pages?
Will I be able to make the changes looking at the "source code" or will I
need the program you used? Will you send me the flow-chart files? Do you do this for a living or do you just like to do these wonderful things for fun?
Gary Bryan
Dean of Electronics
Programs DeVry Phoenix Phone: 602-870-9222 Ext.
669 Fax: 602-734-1999 Email: gebryan@devry-phx.edu
-----Original Message-----
From: Dirk Fretz [SMTP:dirkfretz@uswest.net]
Sent: Sunday, July 23, 2000 11:34 AM
To: William R Sears
Subject: Here's are those EET, CET, and ET web pages. :0)
Hi Mr. Sears,
Here are those web page
ideas for the EET, CET, and ET programs that we talked about during
registration. Again, these examples are just the bare bones of the
documents. Nothing has been embedded URL wise into the fields that contain the course names.
Here's what's being used now on the
DeVry-Phx website to showcase the EET, CET, and ET programs.
As
you can see, these webpages are pretty plain and semi-legible. When printed out, even with a laser printer, they are even less legible.
Some of the printed information is totally obliterated.
The course
layout on these pages is convoluted and vague. Without a legend, these
documents are open to misinterpretation.
Flowcharting is all fine and good, but in this context, it adds to the
confusion. The overall flow of the program, as well as what the
numbers mean on the bottom of each semester, just isn't very
clear.
These
DeVry program webpages are much more legible. They are also easier to
understand and interpret. The class layout per semester is evident and clear. There is a legend at the bottom of each page to explain the
course hours taken per week as well as the credits awarded and accumulated
per semester. In the center of each page is an explanation of the parenthesized numbers for each course.
Another element that these webpages add is a much needed image boost for each program. As the
current web pages stand, they don't project the kind of sharp and
professional image that DeVry-Phx has been trying to rebuild over the past
year. Prospective web savvy students shopping for an education online
would surely be turned off with the quality of the current webpages.
The risk of turning off prospective students with such unattractive webpages is a reality. For some people, these
webpages are their
first glimpse of what DeVry-Phx has to offer. So their first
impression should be the best impression possible.