performing tests of internal operation of the portal and identifying needed improvements in functionality. These activities included making the following improvements: Augmenting and improving the taxonomy used to facilitate searches by conducting additional research regarding commonly used terms used by renewable energy researchers; Improving the search interface to allow visitors to navigate the portal more intuitively by including more explicit navigation information on the main pages and portal’s applications; and Adding additional hyperlinks to external information sources. The team has undertaken efforts to determine Evaluate the renewable energy web portal: the overall usage of the portal and evaluate which type of users are accessing it most often, including the following: The research team integrated Google analytic software within the homepage portal’s during March 2010 in order to determine the number of times that visitors accessed the portal and the Internet domains from which visitors linked to the portal. Such analytics give an overall picture of how often the portal is used and the Internet domains used to refer users to the portal. At the time of this report, the web analytics indicated the following activities: The portal had been visited at least 780 times during the period March 1, 2010 to September 1, 2010, Over 400 of these visits were from users directly accessing the portal, and The Information Institute, IESES, and FSU websites each referred visitors to the portal approximately 50 times; and Given the usage of the portal, the research team is assessing the most appropriate ways to determine the overall use and impact of the portal for the renewable research community given the limited time that it has been available. Work on task 4 continued during the most recent no-cost extension of the project since the research team continued to monitor overall usage of the portal and make minor improvements to the portal. Task 5: Publicize and Disseminate the Portal The project team performed several activities to publicize the portal and to disseminate information regarding the benefit to a variety of potential audiences. Activities pertaining portal’s to publicity and dissemination efforts include the following: Develop and implement a publicity plan to increase knowledge and awareness of the web The team developed a formal publicity plan to assist in efforts to increase awareness portal: of the portal among the renewable energy research community. The publicity plan outlined activities that were conducted prior to and soon after the official launch date of April portal’s 5, 2010. Team Attend and make presentations at renewable research conferences and workshops: members attended two conferences regarding renewable energy research. These conferences were the following:
performing tests of internal operation of the portal and identifying needed improvements in functionality. These activities included making the following improvements: Augmenting and improving the taxonomy used to facilitate searches by conducting additional research regarding commonly used terms used by renewable energy researchers; Improving the search interface to allow visitors to navigate the portal more intuitively by including more explicit navigation information on the portal’s main pages and applications; and Adding additional hyperlinks to external information sources. Evaluate the renewable energy web portal: The team has undertaken efforts to determine the overall usage of the portal and evaluate which type of users are accessing it most often, including the following: The research team integrated Google analytic software within the portal’s homepage during March 2010 in order to determine the number of times that visitors accessed the portal and the Internet domains from which visitors linked to the portal. Such analytics give an overall picture of how often the portal is used and the Internet domains used to refer users to the portal. At the time of this report, the web analytics indicated the following activities: The portal had been visited at least 780 times during the period March 1, 2010 to September 1, 2010, Over 400 of these visits were from users directly accessing the portal, and The Information Institute, IESES, and FSU websites each referred visitors to the portal approximately 50 times; and Given the usage of the portal, the research team is assessing the most appropriate ways to determine the overall use and impact of the portal for the renewable research community given the limited time that it has been available. Work on task 4 continued during the most recent no-cost extension of the project since the research team continued to monitor overall usage of the portal and make minor improvements to the portal. Task 5: Publicize and Disseminate the Portal The project team performed several activities to publicize the portal and to disseminate information regarding the portal’s benefit to a variety of potential audiences. Activities pertaining to publicity and dissemination efforts include the following: Develop and implement a publicity plan to increase knowledge and awareness of the web portal: The team developed a formal publicity plan to assist in efforts to increase awareness of the portal among the renewable energy research community. The publicity plan outlined activities that were conducted prior to and soon after the portal’s official launch date of April 5, 2010. Attend and make presentations at renewable research conferences and workshops: Team members attended two conferences regarding renewable energy research. These conferences were the following:
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