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Ten Things you might not know about NCCU ITS Webservices

1. The Web Team was assemble in Feb. 2007


2. We are located on the campus of NCCU School of Education Third Floor room 3026.


3. We only Have 5 Members on our  Team. 4 Permanent and 1 Intern


4. 4 out of the 5 members on the team are NCCU Alumni. Damond Nollan is a ECSU Alumni


5. We all sit and work in one office.


6. We use a new technique called Scrum for our project management.


7. We have a radio show that airs from 1:00 to 2:00 monday – friday on Blog Talk Radio.


8. We do a LiveStream video demonstration of work that we have completed over a two week period, every two weeks.


9. We create cool designs, graphics, and applications like myEOL and Eagle Status.


10. We love to get feedback.

5 Web Design Principles you should not forget

Here are 5 things you should remember when creating content for a web site and designing a web site.

Know who your audience is.

Are they old, young, tech-savvy, on-line buyers? Find out who they are and try to create content that caters to them.

Have a Goal that you want them to Accomplish and Meet there Expectations

If you want People to sign on your site or subscribe to a feature, you have to make that most prominent thing on your landing page or home page, Period. Also, If you have a lot of great content that is on a single page, Users expect an easy way to get around to that page. Try using hide/show boxes, Light boxes, or even Video.

Try to make your site Fun and Easy to use.

Easy is fun. So if you have a Sign-Up process, make it simple to use and the Users will love you for it.

Give Them Reasons to comeback

Basically the Users want the Freshness. New Pics, new media, and new content. Let's say you have a event going on and there will be a panel, try slow leaking the information of who will be on the panel. Every week tell who will be featued on the panel and this will cause Users to come back to the Page.

Use Social Media.

This is the easiest way to get information to users. With Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube, which are FREE by the way, there is now way you can't get connected and stay connected.