District Administration - March 2008 - (Page 60)

How Well Does This Web Site LEARN WHAT OUR WEB ANALYST SAYS IS RIGHT AND WRONG WITH THIS DISTRICT SITE Tolland (Conn.) Public Schools www.tolland.k12.ct.us By Kurt O. Dyrli THE TOLLAND PUBLIC SCHOOL district includes 3,142 students and 217 teachers and serves a town with a population of 14,500 located 20 miles northeast of Hartford. The site has been designed and is continually updated by high school students as an ongoing computer project. It was submitted by a supervising teacher. Design The design of the various schools’ pages are dramatically different from one another. Consistent design features from page to page would give the district Web site more coherence. The home page design could be more distinctive, has a large amount of blank space, and offers little textual information other than hotlinks. Despite its flaws, the home page is a good start, with a professional layout and well-organized, clearly defined, intuitively placed sections. The district should build upon this foundation and create character by adding more content and enlivening the visual appeal with distinctive fonts, colors, graphics or multimedia. Navigation The navigation menu bar at the top of the home page is in a good location but needs to have more relevant categories, such as academics or parent resources. The menu could be a great tool to use consistently on every page, but it is not found anywhere else. While each school’s home page has its own menu, nearly every district page lacks a navigation menu of any kind. Navigation could be made much more efficient for the user with the addition of a search function on the home page, the board policies page, or any of the school 60 March 2008 “Despite its flaws, the home page is a good start, with a professional layout and well-organized, clearly defined, intuitively placed sections. The district should build upon this foundation and create character by adding more content and enlivening the visual appeal with distinctive fonts, colors, graphics or multimedia.” pages. The high school page does include a Google search tool, but this is for general Web searching, so it is of limited use for accessing information on the district site. Interaction with the User The high school Art Department page is particularly well done. It includes quality photos of student artwork from each course level and interviews with teachers and students about the art program. The Superintendent’s Office tab in the navigation menu includes almost entirely unrelated categories, such as driving directions, technology services and adult education. There are no access provisions for disabled users. School-to-Home Interaction Many important documents, including school improvement plans, budgets, anDistrict Administration http://www.tolland.k12.ct.us

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of District Administration - March 2008

District Administration - March 2008
Contents
Editor’s Letter
Letters
News Update
Technology Update
Curriculum Update
Achievement Today
Security Update
Inside the Law
District Profile
Administrator Profile
Crafting Strategic Plans
Diagnostic Testing
Social Studies: Is it History?
District Buying Power: Spending on Construction and Renovation
How Well Does This Web Site Work?
Speaking Out
Online Edge
New Products
Problem Solution
Leadership Books
Research Corner
Calendar of Events
Products Showcase
Understanding the Times

District Administration - March 2008

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