Student+Webpage+redesign


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Here is the notes page that was distributed at the QEP Development Committee meeting in February:

Here is what we need to work on:


 * Identify student needs. What kind of training modules do they need? How should they be presented?

> ** Miami Dade (Florida) [] ** > Has a nice page for prospective students. (number of links for High School students, Adult learners, International students, etc., and one for **Parents/Family**) > ** College of the Mainland (Texas City, Texas) ** > **[]** > Has an **Academic Advising – Student Resource Manual:** > __Goals of Advising__ > __Responsibilities of Advisor__ > __Responsibilities of Advisee__ > And much more > ** Thomas Nelson Community College (Hampton, VA) []** > Has an interesting concept of **self-advising:** See Academic Advising – FAQs. Self-advising students are responsible for monitoring their own academic progress after they have successfully completed one semester. > Jim Reynolds 03/12/11 > The Abington College at Penn State has five short (2 to 4 minutes long) videos used to give NEW students some insight into academic advising. These videos are part of their “First year testing; consulting and advising program or FTCAP”. You can view these videos at [|Advising Videos]. > The Academic-Advising Center at Abington also has ten other videos on how to use some of the tools available to Penn State students. One of these videos is about “How to evaluate how a course from another school will transfer into Penn State”. Talk about elaborate software, this is great!! You can view these videos at the [|Academic-Advising Center]. > Jim R 04/18/11 >
 * Look at institutions that have "good" advising websites. Some suggestions are Gateway, Tacoma Community College, and American University. Any others?
 *  I think the following college sites have some interesting features:
 * ** A session from the NACADA Reg-2 Conference  **


 * Identify components needed for website. How can we make this appeasing for students? What do students need on the advising page? Here are some thoughts:
 * Link to training modules.
 * Link to campus contacts and how to find their academic advisor.
 * FAQs
 * Link to program advising sheets (and program of study exploration sheets, once they are developed)
 * Links to career and transfer services.
 * Links to graduation application.


 * Work with Cathy Simpson (WSDM) to start redesign of website.


 * Identify who will create content of components.


 * Provide timeline of implementation.