In light of events affecting campuses in past years, including Hurricane Katrina and the tragedy at Virginia Tech, many colleges and universities have developed protocols for managing emergency situations. The web is a key component in emergency management as a tool for notification, instruction, and communication. As a masterful worrier and contingency planner, I wasContinue reading “Web Emergency Plan”
Tag Archives: information architecture
Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center
I have consulted on a number of projects for the Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, or DHMC. These projects have been great learning experiences for me. Unlike many organizations, DHMC is committed to user-centered design. I was given support for user research, both with resources and timelines. And most importantly, when it came time to makeContinue reading “Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center”
Arts at Dartmouth
The Arts at Dartmouth website is an effort to provide a consolidated view of arts-related activities and opportunities at Dartmouth. The site is aimed at prospective students who are interested in incorporating the arts into their college experience. But the site also serves current students and the Upper Valley community who are interested in participatingContinue reading “Arts at Dartmouth”
Dartmouth Home
In my time at Dartmouth I have been responsible for three homepage designs. For the most recent version, launched in August of 2006, I collaborated with colleagues in the Office of Public Affairs. We formed a working group called The HomeTeam, established oversight with senior leadership of the College, and embarked on six months of userContinue reading “Dartmouth Home”
Web Style Guide
The first version of Web Style Guide was a web site called the Yale C/AIM Web Style Guide, posted in 1993, just as the world outside computing and academia began to notice the new medium and the Internet in general. The early web was sorely lacking in aesthetics but exploding with potential. Web Style Guide providedContinue reading “Web Style Guide”
Hopkins Center for the Arts
The Hopkins Center provides an environment for learning about, creating, and experiencing the arts for both the Dartmouth and Upper Valley communities. For their latest redesign, the Hop worked with in-house web support to build a dynamic website that would both promote their programs and serve as a resource for prospective and current Dartmouth students.Continue reading “Hopkins Center for the Arts”
Undergraduate Admissions
As Dartmouth’s Web Director, my responsibility is to manage and coordinate all development of Dartmouth’s digital environment. Admissions is an important property in that environment. When it came time for a redesign, I persuaded Admissions to work with my in-house group, Web Services, rather than outsource the project. Having won Admissions as a client overContinue reading “Undergraduate Admissions”
Forever New: A Ten Year Report
During his tenure as Dartmouth’s President, James Wright produced a both a five- and ten-year report detailing activities and milestones achieved, and plans for the future. I developed websites for both reports. My task was to take the lovely print design created by my colleagues in the Office of Public Affairs and turn it into anContinue reading “Forever New: A Ten Year Report”
Sarah Horton 