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eduStyle is a web design gallery dedicated to higher education websites and powered by higher education web design professionals. Users submit, review, and comment on sites they like (or don't like). The aim is for higher ed web professionals to learn from and be inspired by the work of their peers. Once a month two sites are selected as Noteworthy based on user votes and feedback.eduStyle celebrated its two-year anniversary on January 24, 2009. In the two year and a half over 3,000 higher-ed websites have been submitted to the gallery, and more than 10,000 visitors come to eduStyle each month.
Duke University (design score 97)
http://www.duke.edu/
Royal Roads University (Drupal) (C+)
http://www.royalroads.ca/
http://www.viddler.com/explore/educheckup/videos/156/
They used Drupal and he talks about some of the things they did wrong and could have cleaned up.
Picture choice here was because of the celebration- which I think we should do for the 90th!
http://www.viddler.com/explore/educheckup/videos/135/
Comments on the length of drop downs (academics was too long)
Tips on the news (read more)
Cool News and Info Tabs
Freed-Hardeman (97 on visuals, 89 on information, 96 code A+)
http://www.fhu.edu/
http://www.viddler.com/explore/educheckup/videos/157/
Academics Page Nice http://www.fhu.edu/academics/index.aspx
Clean, good bottom, majors/minors good with buttons on the side; Consistent with nav menu on the side of the picture; should be more call to action buttons
iphone redirection (java script in home page)
Eastern University (A)
(rated highly)
http://www.eastern.edu/springboards/prospective_students.html
http://www.viddler.com/explore/educheckup/videos/147/
University of Denver (A)
http://www.du.edu/index.html
Good footer, great pictures
Deeside College (A) (This is not included for main picture but nav is good)
http://www.deeside.ac.uk/index.php
http://www.viddler.com/explore/educheckup/videos/153/
course description has send to a friend
front page has twitter updates
good use of color blending with photos
lots of next step and calls to action throughout
amazing job of applying online
text to get more information from the college - never seen this one- wonder what the process is?
tutor spotlights
drop down examples look like what we want.
Franklin University
Very Clean, Good Call to Action
http://www.franklin.edu/
ddd
Duke is nice. I'd like to see a little shorter banner image, and would beef up the bottom a little, maybe put a light border on the sides to "enclose" the page with.
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