Web Presence

All Student Affairs Web Presence Summit

Lessons Learned ♦ Presentation

Lessons Learned

Tips and Suggestions - here are some points brought up in the discussion:

Visit other schools’ websites to get ideas

Forms should stay within a particular site (vs. redirected to an external site)

Update! Update! Update!  Websites should be living, organic things that constantly evolving and changing

Don’t recreate the wheel – if you see something you like on an internal website, ask that web developer how they did it or if you can copy the HTML code

Put email with contact information

Use Flickr for pictures

Make sure that pictures are relevant, diverse, and representative of the students who attend this institution

Mirror the homepage, if possible

Get rid of Quick Links!

Don’t have too much text

Make the website colorful

Use tables

Change header pictures

Put syndicated content on bottom

Find out what students want and what is effective – panels, surveys, focus groups

FAQs can sometimes be daunting – have peer-created content such as a discussion board with Q&A content – see http://answers.yahoo.com/.

Make relevant listserv archives public

Use natural, un-jargoned language

We need a better calendar

Chat – have a place where students can go to ask a question to get instant feedback

Click to read the presenter's notes: http://docs.google.com/View?id=df3pjrkm_6dzs9x8sc