International Journal of Computer Applications |
Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA |
Volume 104 - Number 3 |
Year of Publication: 2014 |
Authors: Celinus Kiyea, Aminat Bolatito Yusuf |
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Celinus Kiyea, Aminat Bolatito Yusuf . Usibility Evaluation of some Selected Nigerian Universities' Websites. International Journal of Computer Applications. 104, 3 ( October 2014), 6-11. DOI=10.5120/18180-9071
This study carried out a usability evaluation of some selected Nigerian universities websites. A total number of ten randomly selected universities though; mostly first and second generations universities were taken into account. This was done by making use of automated tools such as web page analyzer and HTML toolbox for data collection. The internal attributes that were taken into consideration embodied Total number of html files, Total html page size, Total size of images, Total number of images, Total number of external files, Total size of external files, as well as Load time, HTML check and repair, Browsers compatibility, Pages with bad links respectively and the various values were collected and analysed and presented in the graphical form using bar charts. The results showed that some of universities' websites adhered to the laid down threshold values of these attributes such as while some are still very much lacking. These include University of Calabar, Nnmadi Azikiwe University and University of Ibadan. Generally there it was also observed that no single university adhered to the threshold values as stipulated by the two automated tools used. A conclusion was made and some necessary suggestions were also proffered so as to enhance the usability of the stated universities' websites.