WRT 235 Website Audit

8/17/2019 WRT 235 Website Audit

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Student Alumni AssociationWebsite

http://urisaa.org

Memorandum

Date: March 10th, 2016 To: Lehua LedbetterFrom: Kaylan BurnsSubject: ud!t o" #$%&s S 'ebs!te

% chose to aud!t ur!saa(or) because % not!ced *!th more and more+eo+le becom!n) !noled !n the Student lumn! ssoc!at!on, th!s*ebs!te !s the!r ma!n source o" !n"ormat!on *hen !t comes tomembersh!+( Th!s s!te !s a resource ery !m+ortant as+ect to )eneralmembersh!+ and to learn!n) more about ho* to )et !noled as acurrent student and as a )raduated alumnus( % am de-n!telycons!der!n) a++ly!n) to be a $ambassador and hae "ound that there !sa bounty o" use"ul and u+ to date !n"ormat!on( Th!s *ebs!te !s sa!d to hae been created on 'ord.ress( % "ound th!se/tremely !m+ress!e cons!der!n) % hae e/+er!ence us!n) 'ord.ress

be"ore but neer seemed to hae been able to ma!nta!n the!rdes!)nated aud!ence and +resent a !sually a++eal!n), +ro"ess!onal*eb+a)e( The s!te&s ma!n ta)l!ne, a statement that +resents the ma!n"ocus o" any )!en or)an!at!on, !n th!s case !s, Students el+!n)Students: .ast, .resent, Future3( Th!s ta)l!ne !s -tt!n) and ma4es sense"or the assoc!at!on because *!th the )oal be!n) to l!n4 to)ether alumn!and current students(



The ma!n +ur+ose o" th!s s!te !s to educate those *ho attend orhae attended the #n!ers!ty o" $hode %sland and sho* that there !s astron) commun!ty "or users a"ter )raduat!on( Th!s allo*s +eo+le toeas!ly access resources that are bene-c!al !n connect!n) to +oss!ble!nternsh!+5 job o++ortun!t!es a"ter )raduat!n) because o" alumn!

connect!ons or een just !n"ormat!on on ho* to )et more !noled !neents l!4e omecom!n) as an actual alumn!( There are many d!erentbene-ts to be!n) !noled !n S that are all sho*n here on the!r*ebs!te(

Overview'eb Des!)n 7once+ts

• %nentory: o* do these as+ects hel+ users8

%nternal and 9/ternal7ommun!cat!on

• 7onnect!n) *!th S

• $esources

Web Design ConceptsInventory

#$%&s Student lumn! ssoc!at!on&s *ebs!te !s a !sually andaesthet!cally a++eal!n) s!te that also d!rectly +resents !n"ormat!on !n a*ay that !s easy "or most users( ne o" the ma!n "eatures o" the s!tema+ that a++ears !n the "orm o" tabs at the to+ o" the +a)e !s toe/+la!n the aa!lable content o" the *ebs!te and sho* *here each+!ece o" !n"ormat!on could be "ound( These cate)or!es !nclude ome,Blo), .ro)rams, $hody the $am, Membersh!+, ;!deos3( 'hen youhoer your mouse oer each o" these tabs, o+t!ons re"err!n) tosubto+!cs *!th!n each s+ec!-c tab( The breadcrumbs are set at the to+

o" the +a)e normally belo* the tabs, and they sho* the user ho* theyended u+ *here they are on the s!te( The add!t!onal *eb des!)n assetssuch as the !m+l!cat!on o" a search bar to hel+ users -nd *hat they areloo4!n) "or on a more s+ec!-c leel( The home +a)e has an about3sect!on, an ach!eements3 sect!on, as *ell as a sect!on descr!b!n)*ho com+oses the Student lumn! ssoc!at!on at #$%( They clearlyem+has!e the!r aud!ence, those !nterested !n becom!n) members, and!dent!"y themseles as an o+en or)an!at!on cons!st!n) o" a leadersh!+



team o" 6<, !nclud!n) = e/ecut!e board members, as *ell as any

student *ho !s a dues>+ay!n) member(3 n the bottom o" the +a)e,

there are other com+onents such as a sect!on *!th the address andcontact !n"ormat!on, another search bar, an u+com!n) eents sect!onand a l!e "eed o" the!r T*!tter(

Internal and externalCommunication

Connecting with URIs StudentAlumni Association

%t !s ery, ery s!m+le to ma4e contact *!th current Student lumn!ssoc!at!on members( There are t*o search bars at the bottom( Th!s !s

the s!m+le *ay to bro*se the +a)e !n search o" *ays to contact currentmembers( Th!s +a)e allo*s ta4es !nto account that access!b!l!ty andease o" na!)at!on !s 4ey to ma!nta!n!n) a )ood s!te( The !m+l!cat!on o"a search bar ma4es !t easy to -nd the !n"ormat!on you are s+ec!-callyloo4!n) "or( n the other hand, there !s the bas!c contact us3 +ort!onat the end o" the +a)e *here ema!l address, ma!l!n) address, and+hone number are all l!sted to contact the lumn! 7enter on #++er7olle)e $oad so that +eo+le can e/+ress concerns or een just contactthem about )ett!n) !noled een more(

% "ound the s!te to be modern!ed and cont!nually u+dated *!th

the!r eents and the!r ma!n "orm o" soc!al med!a, *h!ch !s ob!ously T*!tter( By add!n) the!r l!e T*!tter "eed, !t sho*s that they are eryact!e both !n the #$% commun!ty and onl!ne( Th!s ma4es !t easy to4ee+ u+dated oerall all !n one +lace rather than constantly chec4!n)the!r ema!ls or the!r u+dated eents on the 'ord.ress +a)e( o*eer, %th!n4 !t *ould be bene-c!al to !nclude more deta!ls about *hen toe/+ect a++l!cat!ons "or the!r +os!t!ons that are +ut out !n the be)!nn!n)o" each semester( Th!s ma4es users "eel as thou)h they are *elcomed



to jo!n and hae a "a!r shot o" a++ly!n) and !nter!e*!n) to be a +art o"the comm!ttee( S oerall !s a ery *elcom!n), or)an!ed andaccess!ble )rou+ o" +eo+le but there !s an as+ect o" secrecy *hen !tcomes to the ?ual!-cat!ons o" )ett!n) !noled *!th the club that maybe bene-c!al to adert!se more on the!r home+a)e to ao!d +eo+le

contact!n) them *!th ?uest!ons(

Available Resources#r!saa(or) +ro!des !ts users *!th !n"ormat!e and ery

trans+arent means o" connect!on bet*een those !nterested !n jo!n!n),current members, and alumn! themseles( There are resources "or

+arents o" students to )et !noled by send!n) the!r ch!ldren M!dtermcare +ac4a)es throu)h S, the o+t!on to re+ly to +osts and chec4 u+on u+com!n) eents su++orted or held by S( The o+t!on o" add!n)yoursel" to an ema!l l!st so you can )et u+dates on meet!n)s or ho* toa++ly to be a +art o" the team !s another resource that !s ery cruc!alto the )eneral success o" the or)an!at!on&s s!te( '!th all o" theseresources aa!lable, such as +!ctures o" the current or)an!at!onmembers and !deos e/+la!n!n) *hat !t !s they actually do on cam+us,S e/em+l!-es the!r !nolement and encoura)es other students andalumn! to reco)n!e the !m+ortance o" connect!n) to others( % do notth!n4 % *ould chan)e anyth!n) about the resources l!sted because they

are not only ery !n"ormat!e, but also allo* users *ho !s!t to s!te to)!e "eedbac4 o" the!r o*n(

Conclusion



"ter aud!t!n) ur!saa(or), % "ound that % better understand theoerall )oals and o" the or)an!at!on both as a "uture alumnus l!4e % *!llbecome or a current user o" the s!te( % -nd that the )eneral )oals and!n"ormat!on assoc!ated *!th be!n) a member or someone !nterested !nbe!n) a member o" Student lumn! ssoc!at!on at the #n!ers!ty o"

$hode %sland !s clearly deelo+ed and e/+ressed throu)h th!s s!te( Th!saud!t allo*ed me to reco)n!e the !m+ortant alues assoc!ated *!thbe!n) a +art o" S and *!thout th!s s!te, % th!n4 !t may be d!@cult "or!ncom!n) students to understand the +ur+ose o" +oss!ble a++ly!n) tobe a +art o" the Student $ambassador +ro)ram or een just a )eneralmember( Th!s s!te, the ease o" na!)at!on, and the access!b!l!ty to!n"ormat!on hel+s -ll the se+arat!on bet*een mult!tudes o" ?uest!onsthat may ar!se *hen !t comes to bro*s!n) the s!te(

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