The University's logo consists of the words "University of Delaware" with interlocking initial capitals U and D. It is designed for versatility, and can be seen on everything from the floor of the Bob Carpenter Center to the University's Web pages.
The University of Delaware's Web Toolkit is designed to provide background information on UD's 2008 Web Refresh, our new Web templates, and guidelines for implementation by all Web developers and managers who create or maintain University of Delaware Web pages.
This policy document was created by University Relations to improve the quality of the University’s web presence by establishing consistent standards for University sites that represent the University to external audiences. These standards relate to usability, navigation, and the correct use of the University’s established graphic identity system (logo and wordmark).
L'identification visuelle de l'Université Laval est le fruit d'un exercice de design qui met en valeur, de façon particulière, les éléments suivants : le nom de l'organisation, un style typographique, un symbole et des couleurs distinctives. Utilisés ensemble conformément aux normes établies, tous ces éléments concourent à donner à l'Université Laval une image performante qui lui est propre.
Les Normes d'harmonisation visent à s'assurer que l'image de l'Université Laval sur le Web soit conforme aux principes du programme d'identification visuelle.
This site provides guidelines and tools for UCSD web page authors. Whether you are a first-time web author or a seasoned professional, you will find advice and tools for building websites at UCSD.
The templates are foundations for customized content that expresses each unit’s qualities. Utilizing the required elements and specifications to create a consistent identity and user interface, talented designers and writers can make each page a facet of the University’s unique brand and personality.
This ECAR research bulletin focuses on what it takes to reposition, reengineer, rebuild, and redevelop an existing university-wide website and structure it for ongoing manageability. It covers website governance, policy, management, and implementation of a content management system for the web. In specific, it is about how Flinders University in Adelaide, Australia, undertook a project to bring its website in line with the broadest spectrum of institutional strategic directions.
Reach beyond use and usability and focus on impact by combining marketing and interaction design to improve academic website development
Despite rising numbers of students with disabilities in higher education, colleges and universities have not ensured accessibility of online learning environments for all students.1 To support the development of accessible online educational sites, the Accessibility Institute at the University of Texas at Austin created the Student Web Accessibility Project, in which a team of student evaluators identified accessibility concerns in instructional Web sites on campus. Their findings suggest a need for more training and awareness of accessibility issues by developers of online instructional sites whether they are faculty, administrative assistants, designers, or others.
When attempting to answer the third question, I use a framework I discovered early in my career: The Five Competencies of User Experience Design. This framework comprises the competencies a UX professional or team requires. The following sections describe these five competencies, outline some questions each competency must answer, and show the groundwork and deliverables for which each competency is responsible.
The Library is a place for communities to create, collaborate on, and share their open source user interface design patterns. Our current members include the communities involved in the Kuali Student, Moodle, Open Collection, Sakai, & uPortal.
This post is a simple 13-point usability checklist for webmasters. Ever good website must be able to answer 'yes' to each of these points. How does your site measure up?
Communicating Design is for everyone who creates, uses, or approves documentation during the web design process. Covering 10 of the most common types of documents, the book walks readers through creating and presenting each deliverable. It describes the document's essential contents, tips for preparing the document, strategies for managing risk, how to structure presentation meetings, and lots of other practical advice.
Learn how National University, using an established third-party design firm, eliminated subjective internal disputes regarding design and organization, while retaining control over content and server-side technology. With templates flexible enough to accommodate six disparate entities, National University was able to accommodate a wide range of content while remaining extensible.
The nature of those mistakes varies depending on the size of your company. As your organization grows, the mistakes change. This post addresses common mistakes among large organizations.
I say fortunate because after this consultant evaluated the two CMSes, I received an email with a fascinating and detailed comparison of these early experiences with Drupal and Joomla. I was allowed to post this (anonymously) here to our blog so the community(ies) at large can benefit from this great write-up.
The first and only web design conference for IT Professionals working in Higher Education. Join us and meet world renowned experts in the fields of usability, user centered design, CSS, AJAX and many others. Designers, Developers, and Project Managers will all be able to benefit from the content presented over the course of this busy day.
one of the central tensions when managing a Wiki is between centralized control and anarchy. In the public arena, the balance of power tends towards anarchy, but in a corporate environment a more centralized approach is often required.