Elementary School Website Redesign Presented by Stacy Michaelsen, Liz Molleur, and Jackie Dana

Flowchart of Our Process

Content Inventory Types of materials to be organized. Multiple creators and sources of information Discrepancies in information location and neglected portions. Most frequently updated and used areas of information.

Peer Reviews and Comparisons Critical categories of information Ideas for organization and layout Appropriate to the audience

Peer Reviews and Comparisons And a few others…

Survey Results Survey Monkey survey with 10 questions Six respondents Basic information about respondent (e.g. children's ages, location) Usage of current sites o What information is important o What changes would you make

Cardsort Results 6 Participants Hybrid open/closed sort Establish: o labels o content location o additional info needs

Cardsort Results Tree Cluster groups of similar items

Personas Knowledge of the different users coming to our site and their different information needs. Johanna Jones 29 years old New to the area Works full-time Has a 1st grader with a learning disability Recently divorced

Users Wireframe Based on survey results and card sort Top bar navigation En Español link Monthly calendar Clearly defined section s

Interviews with Stakeholders Purpose and goal of the website Political climate Requirements and preferences "We prefer the side navigation because it gives us more options to add links.” "The page has to be completely accessible or we could loose our federal funding."

Stakeholder Wireframe Noticeable Calendar Accessible Contact Information Aesthetically Pleasing Space for Photos Advertisement for E-news

View our site… Miller Creek Elementary Miller Creek Elementary Webpage

Accessibility & Usability Skip Navigation Global Navigation Translation Image Tags Site Map Consistency

Usability Testing IX Lab at the iSchool 3 participants Morae Software 6 scenarios with sub-tasks

Usability Testing

Plan a Visit

Lunch Menu

Directory

Post-Test Questions

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