Transcript Web Improvement Project - Mt. San Antonio College

Web Improvement Project 2012
Presented to ITAC
September 10, 2012
Where We Were (March 2012)
 Broken Links: 4370 suspected broken links
 Placeholder Content: “Your page’s text goes here”
 Incorrect Content: “There is an enrollment fee of $26
per unit”
 Outdated Format: Pages without Mt. SAC Logo
 Outdated Content: “School’s First Credit Union will be on
campus … on Sep 6th 2010”
 No Mobile Presence
Strategy
 Find out what the users want by conducting Focus
Groups and Surveys
 Use technology from OmniUpdate to divide and conquer
(i.e., allow staff and faculty to update content)
 Educate Users on Web Design Best Practices
Web Improvement Project
Review, evaluate and improve the various pages that make up the
campus website
 OmniUpdate (OU) Basics Training
 Personalized Hands-on Training (Web Workshops) to implement the
new OU features and solidify use of existing features
 Best Practices with Links, Images, Color, White Space, etc.
 Consistent Branding and Contact Info
 Adherence to Copyright Law
 ADA Section 508 Compliance
Where We Are Now…
 Broken Links: 1013 instead of 4370 (a 75% reduction)
 Placeholder Content: Stale Reminders and Dependency Mgr
 Incorrect Content: Assets (e.g., College Fees)
 Outdated Format: Migration to new template and push of
authenticated content to Portal
 OU Basics Training Enrollments: 102
 Web workshops held: 20
 No Mobile Presence: Launched mountieAPP June 1, 2012
OmniUpdate New Features
Interact with your audience in new ways…
 Reminders
 Forms
 Image Galleries
 RSS Feeds
 Facebook and Twitter
 Comments/Like or Dislike an Article or Page
 Polls and Surveys
 Online Manual
mountieAPP (www.mtsac.edu/mobile)
 5827 Downloads
 4 Star Rating