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Part III   
Practical Comparison

It's an analysis based on what we discussed on last two parts, functions and appearance. Those sources are five websites that related to e-education which is been chosen randomly.

SITES
JONES Knowledge e-Education Institute ESRI Virtual Campus California Virtual Campus Illiis Virtual Campus
Functions
Search     \/ \/ \/
Showing Update \/  \/ \/   \/
Introduction \/ \/   Second Level \/
News Third Level \/ \/ \/ Second Level
Feedback From \/ \/ \/ \/ \/
Sitemap     \/   \/
*1Total Grades  3.5 4 5 3.5  5.5
Appearance 
Content Structure   Too Short     Too much Info in One Page
Fairly Using Images \/ \/ \/ Most Text Rarely in Main Part
Animation   Logo      
Using Dark Background   Home Page      
           
*2 Preference Rank  1 5  3  4

*1 It only gains 0.5 point when it doesn't fit well.
*2 The result of rank come from the questionary of eight students who are stuied Communication & Multimedia.



- Summary of Comparison-

Based on creating a better e-education website. First of all, we can see that Illiis Virtual Campus gains the highest grades from the perspective of functions; however, it¡¦s interesting that it just gets the second place while JONES Knowledge that only gains 3.5 points wins the campaign. As the answers from questionnaire, I found that most feel when they glance at the site, they feel most comfortable with JONES Knowledge's design, and they think that one is the best one to make it related to "study and knowledge" so that they feel they might learn more from that site. Also, it's clear to see the structure of JONES Knowledge, but in Illiis Virtual Campus there is too much information on one page. It might look rich, but it takes time to read it and figure out what items should user click. As a result, most people give their vote to JONES Knowledge. Second, most people thinke-Education Institute is much like a technical company rather than a education company. The important reason is they use black as their main color so that people are more difficult to relate it to "study or education". Generally, it has some good and necessary functions, but many pages have too short and unclear to know the purpose. Also, I think some titles are graphic, but the font is not chosen very well. It makes people feel tired to read their sites.

 

Function | Appearance | Comparison