Complete the following quality assessment exercise. Directions: Spend some time

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Complete the following quality assessment exercise.

Directions: Spend some time reviewing and browsing www.egs.edu (Links to an external site.). You can browse the site on desktop or mobile, it’s your choice. Once you have given the site an initial viewing and you have a good understanding of what the site is communicating in general terms, please address the following topics. You can feel free to be browsing the site as you go through these topics. Please respond to the following questions within this discussion entry:

What is the device/computer you are using for this site review? Include operating system and version number.

What browser are you using (include version number or “latest”)?

In general, what are your initial reactions to the site?

What is EGS? Is this clearly communicated?

Who are the users that EGS is targeting? Is this clearly communicated?

What are your thoughts on the information architecture of the site?
What are the strong points?
Did you find any of this to be unclear? If so, please detail.

What are your thoughts on the user interface design of the site?

What are the strong points?

Did you find anything wrong with the site? (Broken links, spelling/grammar errors, missing image paths, etc.)

What works well overall with the site?

Explanation / Answer

Device/Computer used :

Iam using windows OS with version 7

Initial reactions to the site :

Itis a website designed for European graduate school and a few information about the courses ,faculty and academic programs are included in the website.

EGS(European graduate school ) :

The EGS was created to be a university that would function beyond the many constraints of traditional disciplinary structure while stimulating work leading to respected and well-recognized academic degrees. Yes it is clearly communicated in "About " tab

Users of EGS:

Any interested students who wants to pursue (MA and PhD) in Philosophy, Art, and Social Thought, and Literary, Musical, and Visual Thought.Yes it is clearly communicated.

Thoughts on information architecture:
The flow of information present in the website is perfectly designed and have a proper hierarchy .Anyone one can easily identify the purpose and scope of the website just by looking at the website.There are manu tabs which have detailed information of the website.
a)About tab
b)Academic programs
c)campuses
d)faculty
e)courses etc..

Strong points:
a)Neat labelling of sub tabs
b)Good design
c)User friendly colours that have been used in the website

Thoughts on user interface:
a)Design is simple
b)It is friendly and informative
c)It is using simple language
d)Provided shortcuts

No link is broken and grammatical errors in the website

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