UA.edu receives high praise from EDU Checkup

I wanted to share the following independent review of UA.edu, which was recently conducted by EDU Checkup, a higher education blog and review site. The review was very positive – in fact the reviewer (Nick DeNardis) tweeted that UA.edu is “one of the highest scoring sites on @educheckup”, and called it “rock star work” (http://twitter.com/nickdenardis/status/5894882926).

Overall, UA.edu received a 98% on visuals, 99% on code, and 93% for information, for an overall score of 97%. While it’s certainly nice to receive such a high score, the most gratifying part of the review is to see an impartial observer pick up on many of the intentional design decisions made during this process and appreciate the rationale and the work that went into those choices.

The review, in video form, is here:

http://educheckup.com/2009/11/20/the-university-of-alabama-episode-129/

Also, UA.edu is currently featured on eduStyle.net:

http://www.edustyle.net/site.php?site=3512

UPDATED 11/23:  As a follow-up to his review, DeNardis blogged about his review of UA.edu on the eduStyle Blog, here:.

http://www.edustyle.net/blog/?p=710