{"id":2969,"date":"2017-09-05T12:58:56","date_gmt":"2017-09-05T11:58:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/webdev\/?p=2969"},"modified":"2017-11-24T13:31:43","modified_gmt":"2017-11-24T13:31:43","slug":"feedback-on-architecture-pages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/webdev\/2017\/09\/05\/feedback-on-architecture-pages\/","title":{"rendered":"Feedback on Architecture pages"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"lead\">We did guerrilla user testing with 6 people ( 2x PhD, PGR, PGT and two graduate staff members) in the Library.<\/p>\n<p>We used the home, about, facilities, research and course page designs for School of Architecture (part of our school pilots project).<\/p>\n<p>Our research backed up the <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/webdev\/2017\/08\/01\/feedback-on-sport-sciences-designs-and-editorial\/\">earlier findings from the user research<\/a> we did for the School of Sports and Exercise Sciences.<\/p>\n<p>Overall comments were very positive:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cCleaner and brighter\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cBetter UX\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cEasier to scan\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cThere is a sense of priority\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>About page<\/h2>\n<p>We wanted to get feedback on the priority of the sections use on the About page.<\/p>\n<p>Generally thought that locations were lower priority and perhaps facilities and employability prospects are a stronger selling points and could be nearer the top of the page.<\/p>\n<p>Showcasing a graduate who has become successful in their employment by investing in the school is a great selling point.<\/p>\n<p>The term \u201cvision\u201d was liked &#8211; although this needs to have an external focus about where the school is going in relationship to how that benefits prospective students, not business speak.<\/p>\n<p>Liked that the content gave a \u201chuman face to the school\u201d through imagery, video and tone.<\/p>\n<h2>Course pages<\/h2>\n<p>We received good postgraduate feedback on the course pages from PhD students and a Master\u2019s student.<\/p>\n<p>Having a short description\/preamble about PGR and PGT courses on the postgraduate course listing pages was appreciated. Putting a stress on the PGR to PhD route could help make this link clearer.<\/p>\n<p>Funding and supervisors were key for postgraduates. Content on how to find a supervisor was very popular &#8211; staff profiles are key.<\/p>\n<p>A preamble wasn\u2019t thought necessary for the undergraduate listing page &#8211; there may be exceptions if unusual course options need explanation.<\/p>\n<h2>Facilities page<\/h2>\n<p>The visual nature of the page was praised, users loved the 360 tours, videos and gallery of facilities. It was stressed that facilities are a big selling point for a course like architecture and therefore should be linked in from the home\/about pages.<\/p>\n<h2>Research page<\/h2>\n<p>Positive feedback on the layout and content structure.<\/p>\n<p>Information about professional links to research, media relations and broader audience focus were thought to be good additions to the page.<\/p>\n<h2>Conclusion<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>We backed up <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/webdev\/2017\/08\/01\/feedback-on-sport-sciences-designs-and-editorial\/\">our previous findings<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Use profiles &#8211; videos and profile content create a stronger connection to the content giving a \u201chuman face to the school\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Create content and signpost key postgraduate needs, how to find a supervisor and funding opportunities, through videos, profiles and clear links<\/li>\n<li>Clarify PGR and PGT as some prospective students don\u2019t understand the differentiation<\/li>\n<li>Stress PGR more on the Postgraduate course page (better description and filters)<\/li>\n<li>Link facilities into the home and about pages<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We did guerrilla user testing with 6 people ( 2x PhD, PGR, PGT and two graduate staff members) in the Library. We used the home, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/webdev\/2017\/09\/05\/feedback-on-architecture-pages\/\">Read&nbsp;more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17235,"featured_media":2973,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[79395,79438],"tags":[79487,79484,23153,79392],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/webdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2969"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/webdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/webdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/webdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17235"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/webdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2969"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/webdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2969\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2975,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/webdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2969\/revisions\/2975"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/webdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2973"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/webdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2969"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/webdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2969"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/webdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2969"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}