Portal Features Rank

As part of the on-line student survey (Septemper 2002), students were asked to rank the following features in terms of importance (on a 1-4 scale, with 4 being most important). The first column below represents the percentage of students ranking the feature as 4, or of highest importance. The second column aggregates the percentage of students that ranked the feature as either 3 or 4 on the scale of importance.

Ranked as most important (4)
1. Secured Access (personal information) 83%
2. My Grades 80%
3. Tuition 55%
4. University Deadlines 51%
5. Financial aid 48%
6. Library access 48%
7. WebCT 43%
8. Email 43%
9. University Calendar 39%
10. Jobs/Careers 30%
11. Personal Links or Bookmarks 27%
12. Today on Campus (Events ) 26%
13. Local or National News 26%
14. Social Events Information 25%
15. Personal calendar 24%
16. Search Engine 24%
17. University News 22%
18. Workspace/File Storage and Sharing 21%
19. Student Handbook 19%
20. Weather 16%
21. Sports News 14%
22. My Contacts 14%
23. Bulletin Board 12%
24. Classified Ads 6%
Ranked as important or most important (3 or 4)
1. My Grades 95%
2. Secured Access (personal information) 94%
3. University Deadlines 85%
4. Tuition 82%
5. Library access 78%
6. University Calendar 76%
7. Financial aid 63%
8. WebCT 64%
9. University News 61%
10. Email 57%
11. Today on Campus (Events ) 57%
12. Jobs/Careers 56%
13. Local or National News 54%
14. Personal Links or Bookmarks 52%
15. Social Events Information 52%
16. Search Engine 50%
17. Personal calendar 46%
18. Student Handbook 46%
19. Workspace/File Storage and Sharing 43%
20. Weather 39%
21. Bulletin Board 34%
22. My Contacts 31%
23. Sports News 30%
24. Classified Ads 30%Next Steps: