purpose statement

Once you have goals identified and user groups specified, refine concept into a a purpose statement: a multi-sentence statement of why you're creating this particular site for these specific users. Include what the site will do, what might differentiate this site frm others like it, and how the content and structure of the site might address the users' purpose. plain, straightforward language.

Draft

Site is to supplement other sites of information on campus by offering

• advice
• contact
• content
• links to other information

for

• students taking courses in the department
  • fy and students taking course as part of other major requirement
• majors and minors

Olga is very person oriented. She make choices and decisions based on the people she encounters and so is looking for people-oriented information about classes, professors, and programs. In this position, the Department site supplements information that is already online in other areas.