The English Language Institute (opens new window) (ELI) is just a small part of the Office of International Programs. We are in the process of realigning and redesigning all sites within the office and ELI was the most ambitious to launch.

Some of the goals for the new ELI site

• Unifying the navigation
• Bringing the site into the central identity
• Show more student
• Student testimonials
• Upcoming events

Branding, Navigation and Content

Looking at the old site there is a horizontal and vertical navigation, 100% width, not much content on the homepage and really didn't live up to the identity standards of the university. We set out to change all that, the homepage now includes a description, images of students and ways to connect with students.

After talking with students in the program the things that sold them were student testimonials and knowing there are events to connect to other international students. So we made sure they were prominent on the site.

We also centralized the navigation making it easy to scan and pulls the eye to the left. The content pages have all been rewritten to have a student focus to make it more inviting. Overall we have received positive feedback about the redesign.

View the new ELI site at: http://eli.wayne.edu/ (opens new window)