Academic Computing Center

Just a reminder to those folks that forget (or never realized to begin with) that there are at least two locations to access your program website, no matter what kind of site it is.

http://academic.evergreen.edu lists alphabetically all program websites as soon as they’re created.

https://my.evergreen.edu will show a link on the right side called Program Website which is a direct link to your site.

If you have trouble accessing your site or don’t see yours listed, contact the computer center at extention 6227 or contact your faculty!

Usability is how useful an interface is. When it comes to websites, usability can be measured through surveys and focus groups. A website has high usability if information is quick and easy to find and the content is laid out well. Websites with low usability have redundant links, labyrinth navigation, and leave the user unsatisfied and frustrated.

Last Friday, a usability study was posted to my.evergreen.edu. The survey will be there all summer, and is an attempt to identify the common usability problems with my.evergreen.edu. Once these problems are identified, a reorganization and re-languaging of the site will take place and be tested with student focus groups. A new organization of my.evergreen.edu will go up at the end of fall quarter 2009.

You can participate in this process by taking the usability survey located under the “News” header on my.evergreen.edu. Or you can take the survey directly by going to:

http://collab.evergreen.edu/surveys/myusability

If you’re excited by the idea of a more usable my.evergreen.edu, visit the survey’s website and join the discussion around the survey and my.evergreen.edu usability:

http://collab.evergreen.edu/groups/myusability

Please take the survey when you have a chance, you’re feedback will help make a more usable my.evergreen.edu!

Student email services should be quicker and more reliable based on some changes that Network Services made in the past week. The latency problems that many students reported seemed to stem from the way our anti-virus software was configured on the email server. If you have any email related problems or notice any issues, please contact Academic Computing at acadcomphelp@evergreen.edu.

Just in time for the end of the quarter! You can now easily type up and print out your evaluations online (at home!) through MyEvals. A new website for evaluations has also been created for information on submitting and writing your evaluations including a link to MyEvals: http://www.evergreen.edu/evaluations/. Other forms (eg. Contracts and Internships) are still available in the Computer Center.

Self-Evaluation Changes Effective Fall 2005: read and review the changes here.