NO PLACE LIKE HOME
Websites, like fashion, are a product of their time. Last updated in 2014, the Cuyahoga Community College website was due for a makeover. So after nearly a year and a half of trying on new clothes, the refreshed College homepage debuted in June 2021.
TRI-C’S UPDATED HOMEPAGE OFFERS A MORE ATTRACTIVE AND USER-FRIENDLY DESIGN
STORY BY
Michael von Glahn
for financial aid or to take a class,” said Brittany Hanek, manager of interactive marketing for the College. However, usability testing found that visitors weren’t exploring most of that territory.
Lisa Dobransky, Tri-C’s director of strategic communications, said the 2014 update was “on the cutting edge” when it rolled out. It added responsive design that allowed the site to render well on any screen. So for the update, functionality was less of an issue than how the site was organized. “The majority of the homepage real estate all had these calls to action to do something — to get started, to apply Lisa Dobransky Brittany Hanek WINTER 2021
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