The web project scope includes providing web resources for staff and students, and organising their pathways into other university web applications. The web transformation project has used different terminology, including ‘intranet’ and ‘staff and student websites’ to describe what is planned. This is ambiguous, so let’s clarify exactly what is planned. A key principle of […]
Here are some definitions of the terms that are commonly used when conducting research for user-centred web design. You will find these are used in other articles on our blog. Accessibility The degree to which a system allows people with physical, mental or cultural handicaps to interact effectively with that system Card Sorting Activity in which […]
In the lead-up to the migration to the new system, it’s important that everyone involved in the Macquarie University websites takes some time to clean up their sites. We have introduced a new quality assurance tool that will help to make this job easier, both now and in the future. Called SiteImprove, this new tool […]
Macquarie University has today signed the contract with Squiz Digital to provide an integrated solution for the Web Transformation project. The contract covers provision of services including strategy, user experience (UX), design and development, as well as roll-out of the Squiz Matrix content management system for our website. In addition, the search engine will be updated […]
We hosted two workshops to develop some of the usability aspects of the new website. The workshops were run by user experience (UX) specialists from Squiz. Representatives came from Faculties, Marketing, Macquarie International, Campus Life, Media and Communications, Higher Degree Research, Alumni, Student Advocacy and Support, Equity and Diversity and the Library. The workshop activities covered: website […]
Mrs Margaret Chidgey has joined the Web Transformation project team today as Project Officer. Before joining Macquarie as a Content Producer in the Marketing Department, Margaret worked on several large-scale web projects in the not-for-profit sector. In her new position within the Web Transformation Project, Margaret will be working with staff and stakeholders to keep […]
This project is one of the initiatives identified by the Executive Group, in response to the strategic vision outlined in Our University: A Framing of Futures strategic plan.
