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Guitar Ensemble Evaluation
Page Kent Mulcahy The purpose of this page is to evaluate the effectivness of various guitar enesmble web pages. This will include load times, appearance, ease of navigation and wealth of information. It will be graded in letter grades, ie: A- or D+ By far, the best page I reviewed was the University of St. Thomas page. There were lots of colorful pertinent photos, and a wealth of information. As I stated in my review, it looks like either the person who did this page cared a lot about their program, or they spent the extra money to have a proffesional do it. Either way, a lot of care is displayed in the page. As for the worst page, it's probably a multiple-way tie. There were many pages that were only black and white, no pictures, and little or no information. Such pages were those from Clemson and Western Kentucky University. I think it's interesting, or a little sad perhaps, that even though it's the new millineum, people don't use the technology at hand to make the page for their job look a little more proffesional. |
| Radford University | This page loaded quickly, and came up with a professional looking page. It features pictures of the involved student, and states the goals of the program. The main information of auditions and such are found in a link at the bottom of the page. I give this page a B- simply because I prefer all the main info to be presented on the main page. |
| Univeristy of Oregon |
The University of Oregon's page is a simple page with no links and also not much information. But to the page's credit, it doens't appear that the guitar program is really a serious program to the school. If this were a page for a school that was serious about guitar, it would be a horrible page, as stands, I give it a C. |
| University of St. Thomas |
This is an incredible page. It appears that not only is the guitar very important to this school, but they took the time to have a professional design the web page. All information one would want is presented with a link, each link leading to another page with a picture or a design of sorts. This page is a solid A. |
| University of Cincinnati |
The purpose of this page isn't really ti hawk the guitar program. Rather, it tells what a prospective student would have to do to graduate in the program. As a guitar page, I give it an F.
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| Western Washington University |
This page looks nice, has a pic, and lots of info. A-
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| University of Louisville |
This page comes up when searching for guitar ensembles, but guitar is not mentioned when the page comes up. I don't even feel I can give this page a grade. It's informative,but not in a guitar sense.
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| DalHousie University |
This isn't meant to be a highly informative page...I think it's really an offshoot of a larger guitar page. It tells some information, but not a lot. I give it a C.
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This is another highly professional page. All information is easily outlined, and easily accessable. Another solid A. |
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North Eastern Illinois University
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This page only as a picture of the director of the program. With no mentioning of the students, or any real info at all, I give it a D. |
| Central Washington University | Like the page above it, this is another one paragraph page with no real info unless you email the director. Thusly, I give it another D. |
| Rowan University | The page is very nice looking, but only one paragraph on the guitar. Since it looks nice, I'll give it a C-. |
| Middle Tennessee State University | This is et another on paragraph page that doesn't look that great. However, it does have a section where you can listen to the ensemble, because of that, I give it a B. |
| Southern Oregon University |
This page has two good pictures of the guitar ensemble in action, which most pages do not. The info is basic, but it is there. I'll give it a C.
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| Wesleyan University | This looks like a page from a semesterly catalogue of classes. Not real info, just how to sign up for it. Since it is a different type of page, I'll give a B based on what its purpose it. |
| Clemson | This page has no color, and no voice in its two paragraphs. The info is kind of there, but it is by no means abundant. It gets an F. |
| Del Mar College | This page, while it doesn't look extremely proffesional, has color, a picture, and information on it. While I have seen some that look better, I'll give it a B because more than most of the other bland pages. |
| Winthrop University | This page has multiple pics, lots of info, and links if any questions need answering. Thought has obviously gone into this page. A |
| Western Kentucky University | Another back and white page with little info. F. |
| Bradley University | This page doesn't really have any info of the program itself, just the director and what he's done. D- |
| Emory University | Virtually no information, a picture that doesn't load, and little or no eye candy. D- |