As many of you know, for the past year Information Technology and Marketing and Communications have been jointly working on the redevelopment of the College website. On Wednesday, August 12, we will launch the new site with the homepage — and all content linked directly to the homepage — migrated into the new design and structure.
As we have discussed in each phase of the project, the new website is purposely focused toward external audiences, particularly prospective students. The goals of this project are to create an online representation that accurately portrays the character, academic quality and high-caliber faculty, students and alumni of the College, while also making critical information easy to access. You will notice that the links tailored to internal audiences (CougarTrail, Webmail, WebCT, etc.) are now housed on separate information pages for faculty, staff and students, and are accessible with one click from the home page.
Of course, there will be a significant amount of work to do after the initial launch as we continue to migrate all the sites that are not yet incorporated into the new design. Content managers in each department and office will be identified and trained, and individual sites will be migrated into the new design over the next academic year. You will receive more information about this process shortly after the main site is launched.
It is inevitable that there will be a few bumps in the road as we implement the new site. If you see any mistakes or issues, please fill out the Feedback form at this address:
All issues and changes will be tracked and corrected.
Our thanks to the many people throughout the campus who have worked to get us to the point where we have a website that truly offers a better user experience. As a reminder, you can review the history of this project at our redevelopment web page:
New College of Charleston Website to Launch Wednesday, August 12
As many of you know, for the past year Information Technology and Marketing and Communications have been jointly working on the redevelopment of the College website. On Wednesday, August 12, we will launch the new site with the homepage — and all content linked directly to the homepage — migrated into the new design and structure.
As we have discussed in each phase of the project, the new website is purposely focused toward external audiences, particularly prospective students. The goals of this project are to create an online representation that accurately portrays the character, academic quality and high-caliber faculty, students and alumni of the College, while also making critical information easy to access. You will notice that the links tailored to internal audiences (CougarTrail, Webmail, WebCT, etc.) are now housed on separate information pages for faculty, staff and students, and are accessible with one click from the home page.
Of course, there will be a significant amount of work to do after the initial launch as we continue to migrate all the sites that are not yet incorporated into the new design. Content managers in each department and office will be identified and trained, and individual sites will be migrated into the new design over the next academic year. You will receive more information about this process shortly after the main site is launched.
It is inevitable that there will be a few bumps in the road as we implement the new site. If you see any mistakes or issues, please fill out the Feedback form at this address:
http://tinyurl.com/lyk72m
All issues and changes will be tracked and corrected.
Our thanks to the many people throughout the campus who have worked to get us to the point where we have a website that truly offers a better user experience. As a reminder, you can review the history of this project at our redevelopment web page:
http://webdev.cofc.edu
We look forward to hearing your thoughts and reactions.
Sincerely,
Mike Haskins, EVP, Marketing and Communications
Bob Cape, Sr. VP, Information Technology
Andrew Bergstrom, Director of Web Strategies
Larry Stoudenmire, Director of Web and Electronic Marketing
Jared Smith, Webmaster
John Turner, Webmaster