During new student registration, a 1TD student, Dirk
Fretz, commented on what he felt was poor quality WEB pages describing our
electronics programs. He said that he had redesigned them for his own
use, for fun, and felt that they were easier to read and understand both on
the monitor and when printed out. He asked if I'd like to see them,
and to let us use them if we wanted. So I gave him my email address,
and he has sent them to me. I am forwarding them to you, since they
come from your WEB page, for your review and decision on whether to use
them.
Cheers.
Bill
-----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.