1. Streamlining MyUB for Faculty October 2005

2. What we know 2,480 Faculty have MyUB accounts Faculty actively use MyUB 50% of Faculty used MyUB in the past 14 days 60% of Faculty used MyUB in the past month 83% of Faculty used MyUB in the past year Data gathered from a 10/5/05 snapshot

3. Where faculty go MyUB pages faculty utilize the most MyUB Home91,674 clicks WebMail26,759 clicks MyPage5,994 clicks My Library5,478 clicks UBLearns5,074 clicks Computing3,022 clicks UB InfoSource2,933 clicks Data reflects activity 1/1/05 through 5/30/05

4. Making your own world MyUB channels faculty using MyPage value most Courses I Am Teaching My Academic Toolbox Today's Weather Textbooks/Course Materials Top Faculty Links Academic Procedures Find People Faculty Advisor Tools UB News Buffalo News

5. What faculty say Faculty value MyUB 81% gave MyUB an overall grade of “good” or “excellent” 95% thought MyUB contained useful information Faculty want to improve MyUB 9 common areas of improvement were identified 4 areas of improvements have already been addressed The one area that had the most “voice” was reducing the volume of information and simplifying the MyUB interface 13% of faculty users filled out the MyUB 2005 faculty user survey

6. We are listening Recommendations for interface simplification Remove or refocus underutilized pages Raise visibility of key services WebMail UBLearns Directories Search Develop new interface that leverages a more simplified, task-oriented environment

7. We are listening Recommendations for strategic content reduction Remove underutilized content Reposition key content from underutilized pages Insure that any content that is removed is still available through search Cluster remaining content on task-oriented pages

8. We are listening A new paradigm for usage MyUB home functions as a information center UB News UB Events Announcements Secondary pages function as task centers Personalize MyPage with channels of choice Use NTK channel to promote key events, news and opportunities Search for content

9. Visualization of Phase I Simplification: Winter 2005

10. Visualization of Phase II Simplification: Summer 2006

11. Discussion