Client: Mr. Thomas Henaku, Module Leader for Designing for Usability 1, Faculty of Computing and

Information System (FOCIS), GTUC. Project: GTUC Web Site Redevelopment Evaluation Method: Heuristic Evaluation

GTUC Website Goals

1. Successfully convey what kind of technology and research school GTUC is; what the students, lecturers and community are like; and what the campus, labs, and resources are like.

2. Provide users with clearly written and accessible information as well as visual cues about our school so they can easily identify the traits that differentiate GTUC from other schools.

3. Provide users with clearly written and accessible information about our degree programs so they can quickly identify the types of programs that will interest them, the associated degree requirements, the admissions information, and the kinds of projects and courses involved.

4. Ensure visitors are able to easily identify the types of research being done at GTUC and who they can contact in each area.

5. Ensure users can easily find faculty, their biography information, links to their research, and their contact information.

6. Provide an interface which encourages faculty, students and staff in the community to contribute content to the website (submit projects and publications to be displayed, edit their profile pages, post jobs, news, notices), and make it easy to find common resources.

7. Have a web presence thats lively, rich with visuals and frequently updated with current information and events.

8. Have an easy to use website that provides effective cues to your location at all times, provides appropriate feedback to the user, has minimal errors, and is organized in a way that visitors can intuitively navigate through the site. Provide a site that people want to come back to.

9. Increase the number of people finding our website via keyword searches.

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Expected Typical and Critical Tasks

1. Describe what kind of school GTUC is. List 2 characteristics of GTUC.

2. Outline what concentrations undergraduate students can study in GTUC, and what degree

options are available to them.

3. Outline which Graduate degree programs are offered in GTUC, and how to apply.

4. Supply a list of faculty who supervise graduate students.

5. You met Mr. Dominic Louis at a conference in USA last semester. You are interested in doing

your masters degree at GTUC and you want to find out if he will supervise you. Find his contact information, supply a list of 3 research areas Mr. Louis is interested in, and list 1 project he has done in the past.

6. Provide a list of the key research areas in GTUC, and list 2 sample faculty research projects that are currently in progress.

7. You are looking for a job. Find a web developer job that has been posted within the last 3 months and advise which company is hiring, how to apply for the job, and when the deadline is/or was.

8. You are IT diploma student and you want to do IT degree course find the IT degree Application Form on the FOCIS website.

9. Find the course outline for IT 152: Introduction to IT Law and outline the course objectives.

10. You are interested in taking a Software Reliability course. Find the course outline and list the

prerequisites for the course.

11. Describe the kinds of undergraduate projects students are doing, including a list of subject areas.

12. You want to do a co-op semester to gain some work experience. Provide a list of 4 companies

GTUC students regularly get positions with.

13. You are about to graduate. Find out what other alumni are doing, and advise how to connect

with other alumni.

14. Post a job on the GTUC website.

15. Find the undergraduate advising hours. Where are they located?