Assignment 3: Defining Website Objectives

My major is elementary education and I will also receive an endorsement for science. The two websites I would like to compare are http://w2.uno.edu/coehd/CollegeofEducationHumanDevelopment.aspx and http://www.usm.edu/elo/ug_teacherassistant.php. The first is the University of New Orleans which is where I received my first bachelors’ degree and obviously the second one is the University of Southern Mississippi where I will receive my second bachelors’ degree.

The reason I chose these two is because they are so very different. The sites I will compare are their Education Department site. I prefer the USM website because all the information is there that you need to guide you through this program. On the UNO site you have to search for everything. When I am looking for something in particular I like to have it right there. I like to have easy access to information. I get frustrated when I have to search all over the site just to find out one simple answer. USM site is very detailed in their information. I especially like that you do not have to download the college catalog just to access the classes that you need to fulfill the degree requirements.

I will try to answer the questions from the objectives worksheet as best as I can, but it is very difficult to do so since I am not the original author and I am just placing an opinion.

This type of writing is intended for students who are deciding to go to college and which college would be the best choice for them. This type could also be intended for parents and guardians of students who are deciding to go to college. The reader’s relationship to me would be that we were in the same situation at one time. I was looking at different colleges’ websites trying to determine what college would be best for me. 

There are various key questions the reader will ask while checking out these sites. I think that they will have an easier search if they use the USM site. Sequential reading from beginning to end is the format the reader would have to follow. I think the readers will use the information provided and make a decision on which university would meet their needs. I think the readers will have a positive attitude toward the subject. I think that if this is the field of study they are going into then one would hope they would be positive about it.