{"id":17163,"date":"2022-03-17T13:46:17","date_gmt":"2022-03-17T17:46:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/webworkshops\/?page_id=17163"},"modified":"2022-04-14T11:31:41","modified_gmt":"2022-04-14T15:31:41","slug":"module-1-what-is-the-point-of-a-site-review","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/webworkshops\/website-review-training\/module-1-what-is-the-point-of-a-site-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Module 1: What is the point of a site review?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Learning Outcomes<\/h2>\n<p>By the end of this module, you will:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Understand the benefits of doing a site review<\/li>\n<li>Have clarified your specific goals and reasons for doing a website review<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Estimated time to complete: 10 minutes<\/p>\n<h2>Module<\/h2>\n<p>A website review is a way to measure how your website is doing against certain parameters. It allows you to make informed decisions about what to change (or not to!) and is a great tool to help clean up and reorganize your website.<\/p>\n<p>A review of your site can:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Improve SEO (search engine optimization)<\/li>\n<li>Help get targeted traffic to your site<\/li>\n<li>Ensure your site is as accessible as possible<\/li>\n<li>Make your website easier for visitors to navigate<\/li>\n<li>Get things organized and make it easier to work with your content<\/li>\n<li>Ensure your website is fulfilling its purpose<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This is also a great step to take when it comes to migrating your site to CuTheme. This will mean you\u2019re not carrying over unnecessary or confusing content, and will help you set up your site in the new theme in a way that will make sense to both you and users of your webpage.<\/p>\n<h2><a id=\"module1video\"><\/a>Video Tutorial<\/h2>\n<div class=\"content__video\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Module 1: What is the Point of a Site Review\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KE_JvyyOp-M?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<h3>Transcript<\/h3>\n<div class=\"slideme\"><dl class=\"slideme__list\"><dt class=\"slideme__term\"><a href=\"#slideme-module-1-what-is-the-point-of-a-site-review\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"slideme-module-1-what-is-the-point-of-a-site-review\" class=\"slideme__heading slideme__trigger\">Module 1: What is the Point of a Site Review<\/a><\/dt><dd class=\"slideme__description\" id=\"slideme-module-1-what-is-the-point-of-a-site-review\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><p><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hello and welcome to Module 1 of our Website Review Training. This module focuses on helping you understand the purpose of your site review. In general, a site review is a tool to help you clean up and reorganize your site by providing you with clear insight into what is working on your site and what could use a change.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A review of your site can:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Improve SEO (search engine optimization). By updating your content and optimizing your website with analytics data, you can greatly improve your SEO.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A site review can also help get targeted traffic to your website. By making your site clear and improving your SEO, you can drive more relevant traffic to your website.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A site review can also help make your website easier for users to navigate. Clearer navigation will keep visitors on your site and encourage them to visit more pages.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Site reviews often help you get things organized and make it easier to work with your content.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Perhaps most importantly, a site review helps you evaluate your website\u2019s purpose and ensure that your website is fulfilling that purpose.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Finally, a site review is a great step to take before migrating your site to CuTheme.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These are just some of the benefits of doing a website review. Move on to our Take Action activity to clarify your own goals for a website review.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/p><\/dd><dl><\/div>\n<h2>Take Action<\/h2>\n<p>It may be helpful at this point to write down the goals of your site review to further focus your review. The bulleted list above gives an idea of some possible outcomes of a website review, but feel free to add your own goals for improving your website. This will both provide a focus for your review, as well as a way to measure the success of your review after it has been completed.<\/p>\n<section class=\"content-wrapper\">\n\t\n<div class=\"cufile\">\n    <a class=\"cufile__link\" href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/webworkshops\/wp-content\/uploads\/Website-Review-Training-Worksheet-v2.docx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\n\n        <svg viewBox=\"0 0 100 100\" class=\"cufile__icon\">\n            <use xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" xlink:href=\"#document-doc\"><\/use>\n            <title>View Word Doc<\/title>\n            <desc>Document type: Word Doc<\/desc>\n        <\/svg>\n\n        <div class=\"cufile__meta\">\n            <h3 class=\"cufile__title u-hide-in-toc\">Website Review Training Worksheet<\/h3>\n            <p>This worksheet is pre-formatted for taking notes and completing exercises during this training. You can fill it out as you follow along.<\/p>        <\/div>\n\n    <\/a>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"cufile\">\n    <a class=\"cufile__link\" href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/webworkshops\/wp-content\/uploads\/ITS-site-review.docx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\n\n        <svg viewBox=\"0 0 100 100\" class=\"cufile__icon\">\n            <use xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" xlink:href=\"#document-doc\"><\/use>\n            <title>View Word Doc<\/title>\n            <desc>Document type: Word Doc<\/desc>\n        <\/svg>\n\n        <div class=\"cufile__meta\">\n            <h3 class=\"cufile__title u-hide-in-toc\">Website Review Example<\/h3>\n            <p>This is an example of a website review. You can use it as a template to spark ideas for your own site review.<\/p>        <\/div>\n\n    <\/a>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n\n<div class=\"u-center-text\">\n\t<p>\n\t\t<a class=\"button__red button__red--solid\" href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/webworkshops\/website-review-training\/module-2-consider-your-websites-purpose\/\"  rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Next: Module 2<\/a>\n\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Learning Outcomes By the end of this module, you will: Understand the benefits of doing a site review Have clarified your specific goals and reasons for doing a website review Estimated time to complete: 10 minutes Module A website review is a way to measure how your website is doing against certain parameters. 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