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After countless whiteboard sessions, extensive usability testing and a complete redesign, the Web communications team is proud to announce the release of FIU’s new University Calendar. One of the most noticeable additions is the “Featured” section, which highlights hand-picked events that are of particular interest to the FIU community. This [...]
Next week FIU launches its new home site. After more than a year of research, months of testing and thousands of hours of sweat equity, FIU’s Web Communications team will debut the newly redesigned home site next week. This version of FIU’s home site is unlike any previous incarnations. Here’s why. [...]
When it came time to redesign FIU’s home and top-level pages, Web developers turned to those with the greatest stake in the matter – its users. By Karen Cochrane One of the first things Matt Herzberger did after accepting the challenge of redesigning FIU’s home and top-level pages was add [...]
New site to do a much better job of ‘conveying the FIU spirit’ By Karen Cochrane After more than one year of research and development, the university’s Web communications team is making final preparations to launch FIU’s new home page and top-level pages. The massive project represents a complete visual, [...]
By Karen Cochrane Nearly three months in development, the new University Calendar features a cleaner design and more user-friendly options than its predecessor, something designers made a priority in the redesign. “At the end of the day, it’s about creating something that is useful to everyone,” says Fabian Alcantara, Web designer. “We made a [...]
