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“ Evaluating the effectiveness of your

web portal ”Brian Rust

CommunicationsDivision of Information Technology University of Wisconsin – Madison

Copyright Brian Rust 2003

What is My-UW Madison?

History of My-UW Madison

•Biology students (500) - Aug. 2000•Engineering Students (5,500) - Feb.

2001•New students (5,800) - June 2001•All students (40,000) - Nov. 2001•Faculty & Staff (15,000) - April 2002

Recent History

•Biology Advisors (90) - Spring 2002•Business Advisors (30) - Fall 2002•Retired & Emeritus staff (2,000)- Winter

2002•All Advisors (1,500) - Spring 2003

The role of evaluation

•What did they want?•Are they using it?•Did we provide to their

satisfaction?•What do they want next?

Our Audiences

•Students, faculty & staff•Users & nonusers•Users who should use it more?

Aspects of evaluation

•Pre-development: idea/feature generation

• Interest: quantitative measures•Awareness and use•Usability

METHODS

•Focus groups •Usability studies•Beta/pilot testing•Usage stats•Surveys

Ideas from focus groups

• Student Add mail, calendar, online registration

• Faculty Add advising, course management

• Staff Add benefits mgt, accounting, HR tools

My UW usability

• Layout •Tab structure & naming•Accessibility

Beta & pilot testing

•Students: Biology majors (300) •Faculty & Staff: Advisory group (50)

My UW usage statistics

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views logins

WiscMail views & use

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WiscCal views vs. logins

Server Processes

Evaluation of Help Desk cases

•11,500 cases 8/02-1/03•Password resets, WiscMail, My UW access•Most resolved by Help Desk

What do we do with all this?

•Service team•Advisory team•Tab team•Changes?

QUESTIONS?

•my.wisc.edu

•Contact Brian Rust rust@doit.wisc.edu

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