Page Comparison

Project

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Project Sponsors:

• Jennifer Vinopal
• Lisa Carter

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• Project Lead: Robyn Ness

• Implementation Lead: Beth Snapp

• UX Writer: Erika Pryor
• Student Web Assistant: Kati Minsavage
• CMS User Training: Sue BeckTBD

• User Experience (UX): Robyn Ness, Meris MandernachLongmeier, and the /wiki/spaces/libraries/pages/1673367

• Others: TBD 

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• Start content analysis of current website (winter 2017)
  
  • 2016 Web Stats Summary (.pdf)
  • 2016 Web Stats by Page in SilverStripe CMS (.xlsx)
    
    • Interpretation Notes: Some pages with no visits may be redirect pages that have no content themselves; values closer to 100% in the entrances/pageviews column suggest pages are either promoted directly, linked by a partner site, bookmarked, or found via web search engines.
• Start OSUL functionality discussions (winter 2017, iterative) 
  
  • Notes (.docx)
  • Personas (in development)
• Start user needs surveys (winter 2017, iterative)
  
  • Survey Questions (.docx)
  • Results Summary (.docx)
• Form a /wiki/spaces/libraries/pages/1673367; start user testing (winter-spring 2017, testing iterative)
  
  • User Testing April 2017: 10 undergraduate participants 
    
    • Cardsort and Homepage Mockup (.pptx)
    • Discovery Mockup (.pptx)
  • User Testing June 2017: 12 graduate students, faculty, and staff participants
    
    • Cardsort and Homepage Mockup (tba)
    • Discovery Task and Search Results Mockup (tba)
• Share initial draft of information architecture, rework based on testing (spring 2017)
  
  • OSUL Web Redesign Navigation - June 5
  • Draft Homepage Mockup (.png) - June 5 
• Begin Drupal training and content migration (late-springwinter 2018, ongoing)
  
  • News, Event, Exhibits editors - January 2018
  • Locations editors - February 2018
  • Special Collections editors - February/March 2018
  • Services editors - TBD
• Release early preview site for public feedback (mid-summer 2017)(fall 2017)
  
  • first release (About Us) - November 2017
  • home page release - December 2017
  • Strategic Directions - January 2018
  • News, Events and Exhibits improvements and editor access - January 2018
  • Staff Directory / Bios development and iterative improvement - January 2018
  • Locations pages improvements and editor access - February 2018 (estimated)
  • Special Collections pages initial release and editor access - February 2018 (estimated)
  • Locations and Hours section release - March 2018 (estimated)
  • Services section development - TBD
• Replace old site with new site (as soon as January June 1, 2018, depending on content readiness and user testing results)

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• Learn about the New Website and Content Management System (CMS)
• Web Visit Analysis
• User Survey Data
• Overview of Functional Expert Meetings
• Updates on Website and Discovery projects