San Jose State University

This is the home page of San Jose State University Website:


I used some time trying to create a "My Version" home page for San Jose State University. When I was doing so, I felt it's easy saying hard to do. When I was creating "My version" I made some usability mistakes too. So usability test is definitely necessary for every page.

These are my opinions for San Jose State University Website's home page:

The whole page is not in the middle of the screen, but on the left, so do all the other pages.

They put its logo on the bottom, but not on the upper-left corner to accord the conventional rules. Actually, a good logo is good clickalbe alternate for the text "Home". So no need to save "SJSU Home" in the horizon navigator, but the logo should be on the right position.

As for the navigators, one is horizon and another is vertical, their fonts are too small. If I don't go through the details, it looks like the vertical navigator is the lower level of the horizon navigator's first item, but actually the two navigators are separated.

After fixing the logo and navigator's problems, the big banner is not necessary. The text at the bottom of the banner "SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY" should be followed by "powering silicon valley," but they separate the sentence into two parts with different colors, positions, fonts and background. This made them visually have less relationships.

The "focus on" should be similar to the "news" and "events," but not the "quick link," so it should be at the same column as the "news" and "events."

"Choosing San Jose State" section should only have "Apply Now" button, because "Final Exam Schedule" is not part of this part. If the button "Final Exam Schedule" is used very often then there should be another button also be used very often, "Class Schedule", and these two buttons should be under another section, such as "quick link."

Personal speaking, I don't think the three images, which are on the top of “Choosing San Jose State” are necessary.