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Why you cannot outsource a sustainable redesign project, but jump starting it has to come from the outside. We all know what annoys us online, why do we keep doing it to our users? Working internally you come across various motivations and keeping the users front and center can be difficult. Learn strategies and techniques to keep the end user top of mind and driving decisions.
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The golden ruleof the web
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Nick DeNardisAssociate Director of Web CommunicationsWayne State Universityhttp://wayne.edu/
Host of EDU Checkuphttp://educheckup.com/
Writer for .eduGuruhttp://doteduguru.com/
Curator of EDU Snippitshttp://edusnippits.com/
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What we will cover
Problems Solutions Tools
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Maintaining a website is like maintaining a building
A single department might look like a ranch in the suburbs
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But in reality it is just a floor in a giant skyscraper.
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You wouldn't want to wander around a
skyscraper
Why do we let it happen to our users?
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Get in & get outSpotting pain points on other sites is easy
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The curse of knowledgeYou are no longer an outsider
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Curses are myths
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Only YOU can stand up for your users
Every day will be a struggle
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Ace the checkup testHomepage
Degree List
Program
Requirements
• Admission
• Degree
• Outcomes
• Faculty
• Students
• Alumni
• Research
• Advisors
Next Step
• RequestInformation
• Schedule aVisit
• ContactAdvisor
• Find Contact Information
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Common pain points
• Missing content
• Duplicate content
• Obstructed content
• Dead ends
• PDF's
• Silos
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Missing content
• Upcoming Deadlines
• Program Information
• Contact Information
• Coming Soon
• More important things to do
• Assigning responsibilities
• Lack of time
• Lack of knowledge
What Why?
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Missing content
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Missing content
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Duplicate content
• Bulletin information
• Admission requirements
• Faculty profiles
• Forms, forms, forms
• Inbound links
• Multiple owners
• Multiple initiatives
• Assuming existing information isn’t findable
Why?What
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Requirements Confusion
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“I already filled out that form”
What do you mean? Google gave me this one!
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Duplicate Forms
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Obstructed content
• Non user controlled animation
• Slow interactions
• Inaccessibility
• “Wow” factor
• Different goals
• Laziness
• Lack of information
Why?What
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Slow Interactions
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Dead Ends
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Dead ends
• Request information
• Contact an advisor
• View course description
• Directions to an office/event
• Apply!
• Lack of maintenance
• Oversight
• Assumptions
Why?Looking for:
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PDF's
• Over used
• Under used
• Accessibility Issues
• Laziness
• Lack of Knowledge
What Why?
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Overused
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Unnecessary
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Silos
• “My users are different”
• “My site needs to have movement, it needs Flash”
• “We have our own IT people, they can handle it”
• “The university tools are too limiting”
• “We need close control over everything we are doing”
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What we will cover
Problems Solutions Tools
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SolutionsThere is no "easy" button
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Content audits
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Do you own this?
Step #1 to running a successful website
http://www.contentstrategy.com/
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Before
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After
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Personas
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Content ownership
• Structure of CMS
• IT infrastructure
• Lack of sharing
• Static pages
• Trapped in MS Word
YourUsersOwnYour
Content
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Feedback loops
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Idea
Sketch
Implement
Testing
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Idea
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Sketch
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Implementation
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Testing
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Testing
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Refine
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Communicate
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Communication = Trust
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Blog, post often
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What we will cover
Problems Solutions Tools
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Books
• Rocket Surgery Made EasySteve Krug
• Content Strategy for the WebKristina Halvorson
• Web Form DesignLuke Wroblewski
• Neuro Web DesignSusan M. Weinschenk
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Tools
• CrazyEgg.com
• Woopra.com
• Websort.net
• Wordpress.com
• Tumblr.com
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CrazyEgg
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Woopra
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Woopra
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Websort
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Questions?
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Thank youhttp://slideshare.net/nickdenardis/
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Photo Credits
• http://www.flickr.com/photos/jenniferbrooke/4903005798/
• http://www.flickr.com/photos/lobraumeister/3719898954/
• http://www.flickr.com/photos/rowmuse/309535784/
• http://www.flickr.com/photos/traftery/4773457853/
• http://www.woopra.com/features/visitor-tracking/