Week 4 Post 2 Website Overview

Website Overview

Miracosta Blackboard- https://blackboard.miracosta.edu

What would students do without Blackboard? Nothing, but fail all of our classes. Duhh.. Miracosta's Blackboard is very effective and easy to navigate. Without Blackboard it would be impossible to get assignments, be informed of upcoming projects, as well as communicate with professors, classmates, and the student help desk.

Miracosta's website includes all of the above in design requirements. The website includes Hierachy, Alignment, and Proximity throughout the site. I believe it is able to be customized according to professors, however the blackboard layout I've been accustomed to has adapted at least these three concepts. Organizing tabs in order of sequence is beneficial. Offering direct links is helpful and time-saving.

How would a student attending Miracosta stay connected without BB?! Pretty Impossible. Right? I stay connected because I'm committed to succeeding! Also the fact that BB makes it easy to navigate and provides the services I need to be successful at Miracosta.

Ways Black Board could improve their site is to add a little color. In areas that are popular or frequently utilized could have some color/contrast to attract to the users eye.

Pizza Hut- https://www.pizzahut.com

I utilize the Pizza Hut website very frequently. At least once a week. It's very effective for placing online orders, and making payments.

Pizza Hut definitely incorporates contrast and concept in an amazing way. The web designer utilizes great color schemes like red & yellow which excite and entice. They have special deals offerings that pop out at the user and make them want to take advantage of the savings.

Pizza Hut's website is not easy to navigate. Before customers are able to order you have to specify whether you have an account with them or registering as a guest. This process can be time consuming and a distraction.

What keeps me going back for more?! The quality pizza of course , and the superior customer service.

Pizza Hut is by far from perfect, however they make the customer feel important and they customize their website to benefit the customers needs.

Pizza Hut could improve their website by removing the prompt to “Log-In to place an order or continue as a guest ” this little pre-step is somewhat time consuming and takes away from the overall time-efficient online process.

Overall Pizza Hut has a great website.

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