One Step Closer
April 19, 2012, 8:22 am
Filed under: CMS

The cut-off date outlined in the Invitation To Negotiate (ITN) for vendors to submit their bids has passed and the reviewing stage has begun. The Selection Committee will be narrowing down the prospects to the top three  with an award still scheduled to take place May 7. As previously stated, once a CMS vendor has been chosen, details will be worked out on implementation timelines and procedures. At that point, a tentative production schedule that details the order in which university colleges and divisions will move into the new content management system will be created.

University Communications and Marketing has continued to refine and present drafts of the template design to multiple groups and leaders throughout campus. A test site was completed and usability testing has begun! UCM and IT surveyed student volunteers Monday, 4. 116 and Wednesday, 4.18 in the Library and received great feedback from students who participated in the testing. Plans are also underway to schedule time with high school students during the summer in order to get real, “prospective” student opinions on the site.

At the conclusion of the first phase of usability testing, UCM and IT will review all of the feedback and make any appropriate changes to the templates. Additional usability testing will take place again as the CMS gets closer to launch.

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