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4 resources to Keep You Current with the

State of Higher Ed Website Design

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4 Resources to Keep You

Current with the State of Higher

Ed Website Design

4 resources to Keep You Current with the

State of Higher Ed Website Design

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1. Mini reviews of higher ed websites designs from EDU Checkup

2. Do-it-yourself website research using Braintrack

3. Curated awards or website by the Edustyle Awards

4. Meaty investigations of special topics with Higher Ed Live

Overview

Source: Higher Education Marketing - 4 Resources to Keep You Current with the State of Higher Ed Website Design

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State of Higher Ed Website Design

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Web site design (or redesigns or refreshes, as it is often

subdivided into) for colleges and universities is very serious

business.

Every three to five years institutions turn themselves inside out,

write the granddaddy of all RFPs and tweak or start the site

design cycle all over again.

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Here are a few free, web-based, resources that we use to

help keep up on what’s happening in the marketplace and

maintain a reasonably current sensibility of what’s out-of

date, what’s cool and what‘s bleeding edge in terms of

educational site design.

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State of Higher Ed Website Design

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Nick DeNardis, Associate Director of Web Communications

at Wayne State University produces 4 or 5 of these 20

minute reviews of college and university websites each

month.

Since October of 2008 he has produced 322 reviews which

are all available on their website.

These are great bite-size reviews that you can use to keep

up and educate yourself on how other sites compare and

rank.

1. Mini reviews of higher ed websites designs

from EDU Checkup

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State of Higher Ed Website Design

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http://educheckup.com/

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Braintrack is a fantastic higher ed institution index that helps

you easily find and access college’s and university’s

websites

locally

nationally and

around the world

Oddly, not every school is in their index but I would say it

contains most and if yours happens to be missing you can

let them know and they will add it.

2. Do-it-yourself website research using

Braintrack

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State of Higher Ed Website Design

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http://www.braintrack.com/

4 resources to Keep You Current with the

State of Higher Ed Website Design

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The Edustyle Awards, among others, provides a curated list

of leading websites that they think are providing best design

practices.

Their categories are quite useful as a quick reference for

who is doing what, and who is at the cutting edge of things.

3. Curated awards or website by the Edustyle

Awards

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http://www.edustyle.net/awards/2012/index.php

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Where can you find them?

http://www.higher-education-marketing.com/blog/4-resources-current-

state-website-design-higher-ed#sthash.IibugZzn.dpuf

They are interesting, filled with leaders in their respective

specialties and provide excellent reports on what’s

happening and what best practices are in higher ed

marketing.

There are a number of episodes on website design, content

and functionality.

4. Meaty investigations of special topics with

Higher Ed Live

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State of Higher Ed Website Design

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http://higheredlive.com//

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