Blog Post 2
As stated in my last post, I will be going with my topic on what makes the best university homepage. Through some review, I have decided that I will be focusing on a couple things in my search for what will make the best homepage:
- Layout & Design
- Accessibility
- Quality
- Mobile Compatibility
I will be evaluating 6 university websites and will be evaluating each and taking note of reoccurring designs, formats, themes, etc.
Selected Secondary Resources:
User experience with web browsing on small screens: Experimental investigations of mobile-page interface design and homepage design for news websites https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0020025515004363
A Quest for website accessibility in higher education institutions https://research.ebsco.com/linkprocessor/plink?id=1260d577-d82f-3881-92dc-83131e839df8
Comparative analysis of homepage Website visibility and academic rankings for UK universities. https://research.ebsco.com/linkprocessor/plink?id=7c69a79e-0cf7-3ada-803c-b7e2206f8a27
Measuring Website Quality: Asymmetric Effect of User Satisfaction https://research.ebsco.com/linkprocessor/plink?id=ed102616-0b29-3095-b7e9-1015e7df71a7
Enabling Graduate School Decision-Making Through User-Centered Redesign of Program Website https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1541931215591064
Impact of University Website Usability on Satisfaction: A Structural Equation Modelling Approach https://doi.org/10.1177/0258042X21989924
Individuality or conformity? Identity in personal and university academic homepages https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compcom.2012.10.002
The art of ALT: toward a more accessible Web https://doi.org/10.1016/S8755-4615(00)00049-9
Reimagining Business Planning, Accessibility, and Web Design Instruction: A Stacked Interdisciplinary Collaboration Across National Boundaries https://doi.org/10.1177/0047281620966990
Graphic design, referenced : a visual guide to the language, applications, and history of graphic design
NC 997 .G565 2009
Hi Owen! Great post! I think your sources will be a great benefit to your research. I also think it is smart how you narrowed down what you will be focusing on.
ReplyDeleteQuestion #5: Sources 1, 2, and 4 seem to be the most important sources that I gathered in this list. I feel their commentary and research on the topic of web design and accessibility will be very helpful in continuing my research. Accessibility is going to be an important topic as it is very important for everyone to be able to consume the content of a website.
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