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Comparative study between MyAUP, MyWU, MyUW and MyUSF

Comparative study between MyAUP, MyWU, MyUW and MyUSF. Introduction:. Why a comparative study: To get a good idea of the different existing products on the market. so we can get inspired by good ideas without reproducing the same mistakes. Method:

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Comparative study between MyAUP, MyWU, MyUW and MyUSF

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  1. Comparative study between MyAUP, MyWU, MyUW and MyUSF

  2. Introduction: • Why a comparative study: To get a good idea of the different existing products on the market. so we can get inspired by good ideas without reproducing the same mistakes. Method: • To make this comparative study, I looked at the content of each website, how was the information organized and how accessible it was. • I also tried to understand these university websites according to the size of their campus, the importance of the city and the diversity of the programs offered.  

  3. University of San Francisco: • Presentation of the University of San Francisco: • -The university counts 8447 students and is located in San Francisco, a 800,000-inhabitant city. • -The university is particularly recognized for its law, business and management programs • -USF is ranked in the top 20 of the best university of the US

  4. General comments on MyUSF: • I could not access to myUSF but only to a demo. • The website is very well organized which makes the information very easy to access. • MyUSF is divided in only 6 rubrics: Students, Admission, Services, Community, Calendar and Personal Information. • -The rubric Admission and Community might be confusing (why would a student would be interested in its admission since he is already in the university).

  5. Design: • The design is pretty much the same everywhere. However, each rubric has its proper colors, which help to quickly memorize the way the information is organized. • Information: • -The user is not overwhelmed by too much information. • -An information belonging to one rubric is never repeated in another rubric • Conclusion: • There are no particular problem, no superfluous information but no particular inventive tool either. Everything is made perfectly clear and simple • Compared to MyUW and MyWU, MyUSF is a small website which is supposed to complete the general USF website. Compared to MyAUP it’s better organized and easier to access. However this kind of website will no fit to a big university like the Washington University or the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

  6. University of Wisconsin-Madison: • Presentation of the University of Wisconsin-Madison: • -The university counts 42000 students and is located in Madison, a 500,000-inhabitant city. • - The UW was ranked 17th among world universities and 15th among universities in America.

  7. General comments on MyUW: Design: • The design is the same all long the website and the colors are the same from a rubric to another. However the possibility to edit its own space seems particularly interesting. Information: • -The content of the website is more important than the content of MyUSF, more services and information are offered which is a consequence to the important difference in term of students number in the two universities. • -Pages are not overloaded

  8. Weaknesses: -Some information like the weather might seem useless. • Strength MyUW proposes some great tools; • 1) My webspace This gives you how much space is left on your hard drive • 2) Customize your page Possibility to customize your pages depending on your personal needs • 3) Live chat There are chats everywhere, on every social network and even on mailboxes; but still, it’s always nice to have one. • 4) Lost and found • Critics: Except that there is no point to have a rubric myPage and a rubric home since the both display more or less the same information, the rest of the website is really good. The design is sober but efficient and the possibility to edit its own pages is really interesting.

  9. Washington University • Presentation of Washington University: • -Washington University is located in Seattle a city of 600,000 inhabitants, AUP in Paris, 2,000,000 inhabitants and 11 if we integrate the suburb. • -According to Wikipedia, Washington University is approximately 42 times bigger in terms of students number than AUP and have a campus of 3 km2.  

  10. General comments on MyWU: • The design of the website is very simple and sober. We find the same colors code throughout the website.   • Logically, MyWU provides more information than the two other website do, which is not always a good point.

  11. Weaknesses: -Some of the information is very hard to access especially when you are not familiar with that kind of huge website. -Pages are overloaded which makes things difficult to find -The information found is often redundant  One can find a list of the campus events on almost every rubric. -Some of the information provided would be useless on MyAUP  Theater program, Parking information, Cultural program of the different place in the city, address book and phone book of every student who live in the campus Strength: -Consequently to the size of the University MyWU provides more specific information and seems to be updated more often.

  12. MyAUP I/ Design The organization of MyAUP is very confusing. -It is very hard to find things when you are not familiar with the website. -The rubrics do not respond to the user needs --> there is no rubric for finance

  13. Conclusion: Division of the website USF chose to separate its website in two distinct part: • A part where one can find general information about the university life • A part where one can find his private information Advantage: The two different websites are lighter. Drawback: The user is more confused when it comes to find an information that could be in both part. UW and WU chose to link the two different parts: Advantage: The user don’t have to contently switch from a website to another. Drawback: Consequently to the repetition of some information the websites are less pleasant to navigate.

  14. Conclusion: • Information: • MyAUP, because of its situation does not need as much information as the three others. • Information such as the cultural activity in Paris, the weather, the parking space and all the information relative to the campus student rooms would be useless for AUP. The best example in how much information should be provided on MyAUP. MyUSF provides light information and pages are not overloaded, which makes the navigation inside the site very easy and pleasant.

  15. Rubrics: After analyzing these 3 websites, I think the best organization by rubric would be a mix between MyUW and MyUF: Home, Academic, Finance, Services, Personal Information Also the idea of a unique color by rubric observed in MyUSF is very interesting. • Colors: All the websites chose white as a background and then play with the color code of the university which myAUP already does.

  16. Conclusion: Tools: Some of the tools proposed by MyWU could be very interesting for MyAUP (My webspace, Customize your page, Live chat, Lost and found)

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