On April 16, Houston City College concluded its “Ready, Set, Launch” website redesign project by launching its new interface.

As noted in the Board of Trustees’ April 15th meeting agenda, the project was developed to improve navigation across the main site and to ensure the college’s compliance with Title 2 of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), which requires public colleges and universities to make their websites, web apps, and other digital content accessible to persons with disabilities. The agenda also notes that input from 200+ stakeholders was gathered and used to inform the new website’s structure, content, and visual design.

During the April 15th Board of Trustees meeting, HCC’s Vice Chancellor of Strategic Communications and Marketing, Rima Adil, Ed.D., gave a brief overview of the website redesign. In her overview, Adil noted that the new website features more intuitive navigation and a mobile-friendly design, and that it addresses the accessibility expectations of people with disabilities. Adil also noted that the redesign project had participation from across the district.

The Egalitarian caught up with Andrew Thai, a core project team member for the website redesign, during the April 15th Board of Trustees meeting. Thai, who served as the project’s technical lead, said the new website design is “prospective and student focused.” He also noted that one of his and his team’s priorities while developing the new site was “organizing the site in a way that students [could easily] find things.”

HCC’s new website is now available to everyone.