Rio Grande Campus 10/10/08
Under Repair: ACC’s new parking lot at 1301 Shoal Creek (old tennis courts) will undergo repair beginning Monday, October 13. The parking lot is expected to reopen by Friday, October 17.
We appreciate your patience as we work to make improvements.
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By Marie Santos January 31, 2009 - 11:03 pm
Can you please provide more details on this?
By Barbara Rotolo-Caballero March 13, 2009 - 10:59 am
I would like to be able to see the continuing progress on the new ACC campus in Round Rock. Is it possible to put a webcam at the building site so that we can see the progress over time by accessing it throught the ACC website?
By Suzanne Ortiz March 23, 2009 - 8:14 am
Please do not change or take away the A-Z directory. We utilize it constantly when trying to locate information for public inquiries.
By eterry March 23, 2009 - 8:16 am
No problem. This is only an update to the ACC main page. All other pages will remain the same for now.
By Nina Butts April 9, 2009 - 10:32 am
I teach English here at ACC online. Thanks for your fantastic job on the
website.
I think a TESTING CENTER link on the top right corner of the home page would
be a great help to all of my DL students.:)
By df April 16, 2009 - 10:50 am
Please ensure that the Disabilities Services Link is very visible to all.
Thanks.
By Maxine Kaplan April 16, 2009 - 11:42 am
Hi Edward,
I’m am requesting a change to the current site. The font size enlarger (big A, little a) does not follow when you scroll down a page. Any way to fix this; even though the pages are in a template?
Thank you,
Maxine
By Judy Doyen April 16, 2009 - 12:21 pm
The new stuff looks neat; however, it’s not what the new site will look like (per the Suzanne Ortiz comment about the A-Z Directory)?
By Glenda Mitchell April 16, 2009 - 4:23 pm
Excellent. The student eServices are at the top for easier access. New look is sleek and up-to-date. We all appreciate the numerous hours worked to implement the new page. Kudos.
By Marissa Burill April 17, 2009 - 2:44 pm
Okay, so I’ll confess I clicked around on the prototype website so much that I couldn’t figure out how to get back to the comments form (that I know I saw…or at least I think I did)
I like the idea of “pop up menus” in the following area as well:
Educational Choices • Costs & Financial Aid • Student Support • Library • Locations • Get Answers
You can find an example of what I am referring to at http://finaid.utexas.edu/
I liked the TTU website that you listed in reference to web development. Nice, clean bright crisp attention getting colors and layout.
I also like the UNT homepage http://www.unt.edu Although it doesn’t have the drop down menu functionality of the new ACC proposed page.
By sbrj April 17, 2009 - 6:54 pm
Re-inforcing a previous comment, please retain the A-Z directory on first page, obvious, with easy access. Ditto first level access to such items as Webmail and Faculty Tools (what’s now lower right of current page). Don’t let the “snazzy” lure you away from offering the direct, practical, and useful.
By Kathy Dowdy April 17, 2009 - 8:28 pm
I’m hoping there will be an explanation of the three types of ESL that ACC offers not only in Spanish, but also in English. Another hope is that Adult Education’s ESL is described in other terms besides “free”. I must say the interface and design of new web site is really nice. Look forward to its debut.
By George Reyes April 20, 2009 - 9:12 am
Several committees are requesting that ACC 101 be a prominent process for new students including Faculty Senate
and TOP (The Orientation Program). Please let me know if you have any updates or need me to present to the Web Committee.
Thank you.
By jim boullosa April 20, 2009 - 2:43 pm
I think a link to the departments should be included in the “Current Students” section, not just the Faculty/Staff section.
By George Reyes April 21, 2009 - 6:26 am
Would like to see ACC 101 link on main page either as drop down or direct link on main page at the Go registration link.
By Pam Spooner April 21, 2009 - 3:48 pm
Sorry, but that black menu bar – Very small print, white on black – at the top will be ignored and links essentially lost.
Why? The wonderful new large photo grabs the eye and then you naturally scan downwards from there. Nobody goes back up the page to find the ‘small print’. But when they do, in desperation, they feel ‘jerked around.’ Not good Public Relations.
And why am I commenting? LIBRARY used to be on the right side in a column. It’s a proven popular link. Please be kind and make it easier to find.
And thanks for letting us put in our 2 cents.
By Linda Baletka-Romine April 24, 2009 - 12:24 pm
Looks really nice and the drop downs are nice, however, for front-line people, theese are some issues we face everyday. The directory is not particularly helpful or useful. If you don’t know a name, you are just out of luck. And, if you know a department only, things are not much better off because you just get a list of people in the department, and then have to look them up individually to see who they are, and what their function within the department may be.
One of the biggest problems with the website has always been all the things there that don’t look like links, such as the line “apply schedule register”. People don’t know that those words are links, and that’s just one example.
I prefer this not be published, is that possible? Just needed to make these comments, thanks.
By Lauren S April 24, 2009 - 2:01 pm
Will the new homepage and links be accessible by screen readers for those students with visual impairments, and learning disabilities that may be affected?
By eterry April 24, 2009 - 2:35 pm
Yes. The page is built with css and xhtml that degrades for users of screen readers and browsers that have limited capabilities such as javascript turned off and so on.
By Biran Kudler April 27, 2009 - 3:43 pm
Hi,
Site looks nice, have you thought about creating a my acc site that could house (e services, and register access)all the information for current students. Not sure why all that content and links could not be managed differently, hence freeing up space on the home site. Have you thought about having the news in the center be displayed in a ticker or banner format? What about having pictures of all the campus as the “header”, It can be rather dull looking at the same picture time and time again. Are you open to changing the red font on the right hand side. Actually takes away from the beauty of the site. I understand that information is important and should be easy to see and find. Those mini-pics could be presented better if eservices and registration texted moved, might give a nice flow to the site. Is the calendar feature a new feature, seems very out of place, maybe put in the e-service area?
I hope my information is not too critical and helps you on the quest to providing a new site.
By eterry April 28, 2009 - 7:51 am
The “My ACC” is a great idea. We would love to offer students a portal-like area for students, that way they can customize it so they receive the content that students see fit. Hopefully in the future we may be offering a service like this.
I will be working on some new header banners as the site moves forward. there are about 30 different ones but I know they get repetitive.
The calendar is the same program that is on the current home page, just displayed a little differently. Hopefully its easier to read and understand.
By Kathy W. April 29, 2009 - 2:31 pm
It would be nice to be able to click on the ACC logo in any page and be able to return to the acc home page. I know that with the current set up that isn’t always the case.
I am very happy to see this web page updated. Thank you!
By eterry April 29, 2009 - 2:43 pm
I agree. I am working as hard as I can to make common things like this the standard here at ACC. Thank you for the comment.
By Jen May 15, 2009 - 6:23 pm
The whole ACC website is in serious need of new web design. The website is difficult to naviate and unclear. It often leads me in circles to try and get the correct link. Just to find the page to login is hard. I think it just needs a whole new renovation.
By PJ Brunet May 15, 2009 - 6:48 pm
Nice accordion. Dojo is the best toolkit for accessibility, but I personally use jQuery because it looks better.
By mike May 16, 2009 - 8:26 am
The new page looks great! It would be nice to have the LOGIN link on the first page so it didn’t take 3 clicks to get signed in. I think this would be most useful to current students.
By eterry May 18, 2009 - 7:56 am
Jen and Mike > check the right side of the page under “eServices” Links to Online Services, Blackboard, and ACCmail are there for you to click straight away. Thanks.
By Linda Moeller May 18, 2009 - 8:32 am
Thank you for putting Departments and Programs and the Transfer Options under Educational Choices on the main menu bar. I wanted more direct links to these pages.
I don’t think the Degree & Certificate Programs, By Campus is as helpful as placing a link to Degree Plan Worksheets: http://www3.austincc.edu/catalog/fy2009/workindx.htm
The worksheets are more useful to students than the catalog degree plan links on the department home pages.
I agree with other comments that the small black menu bar and the Apply Schedule Register links need to be highlighted in some way so students know they can click on them–we have to explain this a lot.
By D.Taylor May 18, 2009 - 1:13 pm
Any easy connect is great for me. I would like to see a bit more explanation on how to navigate through some of the site locations (ie: online registration). I am never able to register on line (response may come back as no classes exist…) yet when I change to phone regstration, which is quite easy, the class(es) is available.
Secondly, I would like to suggest that instructors be required to post grades on line and if so, perhaps add a link to view grades under the current student drop down. For those who need to get a copy of their course grades quickly or after the fact, they have access.
Otherwise, good job and thank you for keeping us posted and giving the opportunity for us to have input.
By Austin Tennis Lessons February 3, 2010 - 10:26 pm
Good to know, I’ll try to avoid these courts.