After using the Northumbria Intranet myself i came across quite a few different problems.
Blackboard
With blackboard i encountered quite a few flaws that i think could be fixed. The layout of
the home page is confusing and cluttered; there isn't really any structure to the way its
layer out. Trying to navigate through the site is a bit of a struggle if you haven’t been on it
before. I set myself a task to find a new piece of work that had recently been put on the
site; On doing so i found there was no real clear path on where to go to find the
information, it was a bit hit and miss. i had to click on more than one link before i stumbled
upon the right one to find the work i was looking for. MyNorthumbria was a lot easier to
navigate, with the very basic layout, and the minimal customisation. the biggest problem
that i encountered was that i couldn't access all the links with my browser (Google
Chrome). The system just all in a lll seems a bit outdated due to the aesthetics of the site.
NORA
NORA is by far the best out of the Intranet systems i have used, it is simple and easy to
use. It is very clear what you need to do and to search for a book, to navigate around the
website was easy, and i didn't get stuck anywhere.
With the email service is run by windows outlook, so is a very smooth experience, the only
problem i came across is the logging in process through the Northumbria website.
Conclusion
I think it would be beneficial for all these services to be all in one package rather than
being individual. It takes to much time to log in every time to each website on their own.
Being all in one place would help the students to find work and navigate through emails
easily and quickly.
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