This afternoon faculty, students, and staff gathered in the Katzen Arts Center for the launching of American University’s new website. After three years of hard work, the team is finally able to show off all of their hard work. According to Maralee Csellar, from AU’s Media Relations Office, AU’s new grasp on technology would leave all but the tech savvy behind.
Many great features other people will see on this site, this is made for all and the will benefit lots of things from it. Just wait till it get live.
The new site is geared at prospective and current students alike. It allows students to post what their views are on the new AUpedia- AU’s version of wikipedia- and edit or comment on others works. There are also visual tours for prospective students that are designed to give that student the entire view of American, from a 3-D map to what students have to say. According to David Taylor, President’s Chief of Staff, the site is expected to compliment actually visiting the campus, in order to get the entire experience.
Also, AU now has a master calendar available on the site. This will allow students and faculty to plan events and be able to see what is going on the same day. This calendar will have all the events on and off campus that American University is involved in. When you click on a date, it will show everything going on that day!
Companies such as HUGE, Real View TV, Paper Thin, and Northhighland were American’s partners in this venture. HUGE, of New York, wanted the website to contain what students and parents were looking for, not necessarily what the school wanted them to know. Likewise, Real View TV, of Atlanta, recorded videos of students and their life at AU.
Everything is so well coordinated that each school has a global header and footer. So, check out American University’s new website! You might learn something new.
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