IMPROVING PUIS WEBSITE: ACCESSIBILITY AND LEARNABILITY

Abstract

After the creation of PUIS, the need for well developed user centered design to increase the ease of usage of the students and university’s personnels. In accordance to the reason of establishment for the site itself, President University Information System are created for the university’s students. The design created for the website should be targeted to the university’s staff and students. The age limitation is from 19 to 24. The regional limitation is Cikarang while the racial, ethnicity and religion limitations are wide, since there are some international students admitted in the University. The process of relayouting the design of the site will be done in terms of design only. The function of the features in the site will not be renewed. Assets of the site itself such as, icons, fonts, colors and placing will be affected. Among the three methods of research, literature review, field studies and the combination of all, combination of all methods are the most reliable since, the result will not be only theoretically right but also practically suitable to the current situation. This thesis will contain theoretical and field research data. Relayouting process will be done according to the theory of user-centered design and the result of survey based on the response of the students of President University. To ensure the practicality of the new layout a working prototype of the new website layout is needed. The prototype will be able to show how the website will be if the new layout is implemented. This form of final outcome is chosen to fulfill user’s preference in experiencing things themselves. The final outcome of this project is the redesigned PUIS website prototype with the additional outcome design guideline, user manual, social media posting, web banner, and application prototype.