Ch-ch-ch-changes!
Posted June 3, 2008 · by David · in Events, We're working on it
| June 20, 2008 |
LEARN NC is making some major changes to its website this month! We’ve been working on the new layout and design for several months, and the new site will go live Friday, June 20.
- Why are we making the changes?
- We’ve been developing a great deal of content lately that simply didn’t fit well into the current site. It’s hard to find, and as a result, teachers aren’t easily able to use it.
- How did we decide what changes to make?
- A combination of usability tests, website usage data, user feedback, and informal conversations with teachers told us what teachers use and don’t use and what they like and don’t like.
- What new features will be added?
- The search tool will be streamlined and easier to use, and the navigation has been simplified. We’ve also tried to make our original published content for teachers and students — lesson plans, student activities, best practices, multimedia, even help — more easily accessible and usable. We’re also providing a full catalog of our online courses. Finally, the new site will be easier for us to maintain — which means we can spend more time developing and publishing new resources for North Carolina’s classrooms.
- Are any features going away?
- “LEARN NC for Students” will no longer exist in its present form. We found that this part of the site didn’t get nearly as much use as other parts, and we want to focus our energies on serving our core audience — teachers. The “Hot Topics” pages for each grade level will still be available, though, and a single section of the new website will house “Learning Materials,” resources you can use with students or that students can use on their own.
