Survey Results: Alumni

 

When visiting Wesleyan's website are you usually:

Looking for specific information; Browsing the site to see what's new

What would you like to see on the homepage?

"About" the University; Academics; Admission; Application Information; Athletics; Calendar of Events; Campus Life (dining, residential life, etc); Directions; Faculty Bios; Images of Campus; News Stories; Request Information; Student Activities/Groups; Student Bios; Videos/Multimedia/Podcasts/Blogs; Virtual Tour

When visiting a website to find specific information are you more likely to:

Use the site navigation; Use a search box on the site; Just use google.com;

What would you like to see on Wesleyan's homepage?

Links to Community Blog Posts/Tweets/etc ; Links to Images/Videos;  Events; News Headlines

Do you tend to use sitemaps when available on the web?

Yes; No

Which would you prefer?

Main navigation links reveal sublinks on hover or click (i.e. drop-down menu);  Main navigation links only (About, Admission, Academics, etc); Main navigation links and sublinks both visible by default (Academics: Departments/Majors, Courses, Libraries, MA/PhD)

Below we have listed 6 types of imagery for the homepage. Rank them in order of your preference (1 = most preferred; 6 = least preferred):

Students engaged in extracurricular activities : e.g.: baseball game, performance of play or opera, etc.; Students engaged in academic activities e.g.: painting in a studio, studying in library, etc.; Photograph with intrigue e.g.: artistic image, interesting imagery, etc.; Photos of faculty e.g.: teaching students in labs/classrooms, leading field trips, etc.; Campus snapshots e.g.: buildings, grounds, etc.; Photograph from recent events e.g.: commencement, guest lecturers, etc.

Which of the following websites/technologies do you use regularly?

Blogs (write/maintain your own); Blogs (subscribe to others); del.icio.us; Digg; Facebook; Instant Messaging (AIM, iChat, Google Chat); iTunes; iTunes U; LinkedIn; MySpace; Mobile phone to browse web; StumbleUpon; Texting (phone); Twitter; YouTube; YouTube EDU;

How often would you expect the images on Wesleyan's homepage to change?

Daily; A few times a week; On reload; Slideshow;  Weekly

How often would you expect the written content on Wesleyan's homepage to change?

Daily; A few times a week; Weekly; Multiple times a day;   

In general on the web, do you focus more on:

Written content; Multimedia content (images/video); Content generally, as long as it's interesting