At the moment I am working on the design of several internally-focussed University sites. In doing so I am trying to develop a base intranet interface that can serve as a template for internal Uni sites. Specifically I am focussing on the difference between information delivery and interaction and how this affects page layout. So...I am interested in any ideas from anyone (and I mean anyone, you don't even have to part of Sydney Uni) especially on the following:
- Effective, usable page layouts for interactive functions
- Layouts that provide fast-access to much used content that are also usable
- Features that you would consider to be 'value-adding' for example, a forms repository
Use the comments or get in touch via email.
Some reading material:
- Sixteen steps to a renewed corporate intranet
- Intranet trends to watch for
- Improving your intranet task by task
- Ten best Government intranets
- Value-driven intranet design
Not directly related but interesting: Movable Type for policies and procedures
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