Competitive Analysis Schools of Dental Medicine: Intranets Web Sites

Virtual Dental Center Site Focus: Virtual Repository for all dental information Noteworthy  Fairly exhaustive listing of Dental/Medical journals  One-stop for links pertaining to Dental information Negatives  Too much information available in one spot  Disorganized - one endless page of links  Busy navigation design, inconsistent from page to page

Temple University School of Dental Medicine Site Focus: Faculty, Staff, and Students Noteworthy  Presentation is clear and straightforward. Easy to use for novices and power users alike.  Wide range of audiences are addressed. Negatives  Home page is not customized to each audience.  The variety of page styles is somewhat confusing.

University of Minnesota Site Focus: Protected Information Noteworthy  Immediate top-level role organization Negatives  Busy layout and design  Mostly a hub for static information

University of Glasgow Dental Hospital and School Site Focus: Static resource distribution Noteworthy  Immediate top-level role organization  Provides “Online Learning”  School-based look and feel  Link to Pitt SDM Negatives  Appears to be one big bookmark site

University of Michigan Dental School Site Focus: Prospective Students/Patients/Dentists Noteworthy  Good information architecture  Consistent style  Visually pleasing  Information for broad audience Negatives  Hidden lower architecture – user needs to click on the page to find sub pages