related, and should serve as a springboard to every other part of the site, with that being said, considering the emphasis and focus placed on based learning”, navigation to the project “project website is very difficult. Currently, to arrive at the projects sub-site from the main WPI website, your navigation path begins by clicking the link this is demonstrated in Figure 9. “Students”, This thought process is not one that a faculty member, or a company would instinctively navigate toward and as such it makes the flow of information already very difficult because it is not effectively and easily delivered to 2 of the top 3 audiences for the materials. Another issue with the main page is the link that says as the link brings companies to a “CORPORATIONS”, page that covers some aspects of partnering with WPI, but not the resources to inquire about sponsoring a project, or information about student projects. Recommendations for the Main Page” “Projects Our team recommends that the main page includes a link that catches the attention students, faculty, and companies and directs them to projects.wpi.edu, this should be done through a tab with a related title such as Program” that clearly defines what it will lead “Projects to, and it can be placed somewhere near the link. Upon clicking the “Students” “Projects Program” tab you should be redirected to this page, Figure 10. Recommendations for for Faculty and Students” “Resources The link itself reaches out to two different audiences with the same information, so we sugges dividing faculty and students into separate resource links would be easier navigation, or
related, and should serve as a springboard to every other part of the site, with that being said, considering the emphasis and focus placed on “project based learning”, navigation to the project website is very difficult. Currently, to arrive at the projects sub-site from the main WPI website, your navigation path begins by clicking the link “Students”, this is demonstrated in Figure 9. This thought process is not one that a faculty member, or a company would instinctively navigate toward and as such it makes the flow of information already very difficult because it is not effectively and easily delivered to 2 of the top 3 audiences for the materials. Another issue with the main page is the link that says “CORPORATIONS”, as the link brings companies to a page that covers some aspects of partnering with WPI, but not the resources to inquire about sponsoring a project, or information about student projects. Recommendations for the “Projects Main Page” Our team recommends that the main page includes a link that catches the attention students, faculty, and companies and directs them to projects.wpi.edu, this should be done through a tab with a related title such as “Projects Program” that clearly defines what it will lead to, and it can be placed somewhere near the “Students” link. Upon clicking the “Projects Program” tab you should be redirected to this page, Figure 10. Recommendations for “Resources for Faculty and Students” The link itself reaches out to two different audiences with the same information, so we sugges dividing faculty and students into separate resource links would be easier navigation, or
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