Because we allowed participants to create their own categories, we ended up with a total of 108 categories!
All categories are listed in the left column. The 14 original suggested categories are in bold. *The numbers in parentheses represent the number of participants who used a category and the number of unique items that were placed in that category.
Numbers in the right column represent the percent of times each item was placed in each category. Items without numbers were placed in the category 1% or less. Items placed in the category 25% or more are bold.
The original plan was to group similarly-named categories together before running stats on the various campus groups. But grouping similarly-named categories together proved troublesome as the items placed in these categories (right column) were often quite disparate despite the similarity of the category names.
Rather than obfuscate the results with mismatched groups of items, we abandoned Plan A and moved on to Plan B: groups of items most often placed together regardless of category name.
| # | category (stats)* | items |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | About the Faculty (1-2) | faculty experts, faculty notes |
| 2 | About Williams (75-44) | tours/info sessions 4, giving to williams 5, alumni dir, search 16, bldg addresses 9, dept/ofc dir 4, A-Z Index 4, People Dir 3, campus map 31, visitors guide 12, esp for visitors 4, employment 25, sustainability 49, I Am Williams 55, presidents 70, fast facts 84, history 88, mission 87, arts 8, calendars, ’62 Ctr cal, campus cal 3, sports 3, athletics 9, communications, publicity, daily msg, news releases 5, Wms in news 4, multimedia 6, social links 13, libraries 6, acad centers 3, depts/programs, bookstore, honor system 14, fac experts 3, fac notes 3, webmail, IT, dean of college 3, dean of faculty 1, admin 6, conferences 5 |
| 3 | Campus Initiatives (1-3) | sustainability, I Am Williams, multimedia |
| 4 | I Am Williams (provided we can keep if fresh) (1-1) | I Am Williams |
| 5 | Sustainability at Williams (1-1) | sustainability |
| 6 | Academics (71-22) | financial aid, dept/ofc dir 5, arts 12, room scheduler, claendars 3, sports, athletics 3, multimedia, libraries 52, acad cals 66, acad centers 73, depts/programs 79, catalog 73, registrar 44, bookstore 27, honor system 29, esp for students, fac experts 6, fac notes 3, IT 14, dean of college 17, dean of faculty 8 |
| 7 | Academics and Programs (1-3) | libraries, acad centers, depts/programs |
| 8 | Bookstore (1-1) | bookstore |
| 9 | Information Technology (3-3) | webmail-3, IT-3, search Wms-1 |
| 10 | Libraries (2-1) | libraries 3 |
| 11 | Library and Technology (1-3) | libraries, webmail, IT |
| 12 | Registrar (1-3) | acad cals, catalog, registrar |
| 13 | Resources (1-5) | map, libraries, acad centers, bookstore, IT |
| 14 | Administration (51-24) | bldg addresses 4, dept/ofc dir 1, employment 14, sustainability 8, presidents 9, room scheduler 8, athletics, communications 13, publicity 5, daily msg 3, multimedia, libraries, depts/programs, registrar 18, bookstore, esp for fac/staff 4, fac experts, webmail 8, IT 16, dean of college 32, dean of faculty 25, admin 65, conferences 22 |
| 15 | Administration and Services (1-4) | communications, IT, admin, conferences |
| 16 | Administration, Faculty and Staff (1-6) | employment, esp fac/staff, fac experts, fac notes, dean faculty, college admin |
| 17 | Administrative Offices (1-9) | communications, libraries, registrar, IT, dean college, dean faculty, registrar, college admin, conferences |
| 18 | Conference Office (1-1) | conferences |
| 19 | Departments (1-9) | room sched, communications, multimedia, libraries, depts/programs, registrar, bookstore, IT, conferences |
| 20 | Human Resources (1-1) | employment |
| 21 | Offices and Services (1-11) | dept/ofc dir, A-Z Index, sustainability, room scheduler, communications, honor system, esp for fac/staff, IT, dean of college, admin, conferences |
| 22 | OIT (1-1) | IT |
| 23 | provost & facilities (1-1) | admin |
| 24 | services and resources (1-11) | sustainability, room scheduler, multimedia, social links, libraries, bookstore, webmail, IT, dean of college, conferences |
| 25 | Admission (69-24) | financial aid 55, tours/info sessions 56, prospective students 74, admission home 81, apply to Wms 81, bldg addresses, map 4, visitors guide 4, esp for visitors, I Am Williams 4, fast facts 4, mission, sports 3, athletics 3, social links 3, libraries, depts/programs, catalog 4, registrar 3, honor system 3, esp for students, fac experts, dean of college, conferences |
| 26 | Admission & Aid (1-2) | financial aid, admission home |
| 27 | Admission & Financial Aid (1-5) | financial aid, tours/info sessions, prospective students, admission home, apply to Wms |
| 28 | Admission and Financial Aid (1-5) | financial aid, tours/info sessions, prospective students, admission home, apply to Wms |
| 29 | Prospective Students (2-4) | financial aid 3, tours/info sessions, admission home, apply to Wms |
| 30 | Alumni (62-6) | giving to Wms 14, esp for donors 8, esp for alumni 75, alumni dir 60, I Am Williams, social links |
| 31 | Students (58-27) | financial aid 18, prospective students, apply to Wms 3, esp for parents 3, alumni dir, employment, sustainability 3, I Am Williams 3, room scheduler 10, sports 3, athletics 16, publicity 3, daily msg 5 multimedia, social links 6, libraries 6, acad cals 4, acad centers, depts/programs 9, registrar 17, bookstore 26, honor system 39, esp for students 69, webmail 13, IT 12, dean of college 25 |
| 32 | Campus and Community Life (1-2) | sustainability, I Am Williams |
| 33 | Campus Life (2-8) | sustainability, I Am Williams, arts, athletics 3, acad cals, acad centers, bookstore, esp for students |
| 34 | Student Life (2-5) | sustainability, featured events, sports, bookstore, dean of college |
| 35 | Life on Campus (1-2) | arts, athletics |
| 36 | Directories (65-35) | alumni dir 19, search 29, bldg addresses 45, dept/ofc dir 74, A-Z Index 77, people dir 82, map 14, visitors guide 3, esp for visitors, arts, room scheduler, cals 4, ’62 cal, WCMA cal 3, music cal 3, campus cal 3, sports, athletics 3, communications 8, publicity, multimedia 4, social links 3, libraries 4, acad cals, acad centers, depts/programs 5, catalog, registrar, fac experts, webmail 5, IT 6, dean of college, dean of faculty, admin 3, conferences 4 |
| 37 | Directories and Media (1-11) | alumni dir, bldg addresses, dept/ofc dir, A-Z Index, people dir, map, daily msg, multimedia, social links, acad centers, webmail |
| 38 | Donors (51-2) | giving to Wms 62, esp for donors 61 |
| 39 | Support Williams (1-2) | giving to Wms, esp for donors |
| 40 | calendar (2-2) | calendars 3, music cal |
| 41 | Calendars (1-6) | calendars, ’62 cal, WCMA cal, music cal, campus cal |
| 42 | Calendars and Events (1-10) | arts, room scheduler, calendars, ’62 cal, WCMA cal, music cal, campus cal, featured events, sports, publicity |
| 43 | Calendars/Events (1-8) | arts, calendars, ’62 cal, WCMA cal, music cal, campus cal, featured events, academic cal |
| 44 | Events (65-19) | tours/info sessions, arts 17, room scheduler 34, cals 55, ’62 cal 55, WCMA cal 55, music cal 52, campus cal 65, featured events 68, sports 13, athletics 8, publicity 18, daily msg 16, news releases 3, multimedia 5, social links 5, academic cals 13, esp for fac/staff, conferences 12 |
| 45 | Events and Calendars (1-5) | cals, ’62 cal, campus cal, featured events, daily msg |
| 46 | museum (1-2) | arts, WCMA cal |
| 47 | Arts (4-4) | arts at Wms 5, ’62 cal 3, WCMA cal, music cal 3 |
| 48 | Arts at Williams (3-5) | arts at Wms 4, ’62 cal, WCMA cal 3, music cal, campus cal |
| 49 | Arts Events (1-4) | arts at Wms, ’62 cal, WCMA cal, music cal |
| 50 | The Arts (2-3) | arts at Wms 3, WCMA cal, music cal |
| 51 | Atheletics (1-2) | sports, athletics |
| 52 | Athletics (18-2) | sports 19, athletics 22 |
| 53 | Athletics at Williams (2-2) | sports, athletics 3 |
| 54 | Sports (1-2) | sports, athletics |
| 55 | All employees (1-1) | esp for fac/staff |
| 56 | Employees (1-4) | employment, esp for fac/staff, fac notes, dean of faculty |
| 57 | Especially for Faculty and Staff (1-1) | esp for fac/staff |
| 58 | Faculty (44-10) | room scheduler, multimedia, esp for fac/staff 27, fac experts 34, fac notes 48, IT, dean of college, dean of faculty 39, admin, conferences |
| 59 | Faculty & Staff (4-5) | esp for fac/staff 5, fac experts 3, fac notes 4, IT, dean of faculty 3 |
| 60 | Faculty AND STAFF (7-7) | employment 5, room scheduler, publicity 3, esp for fac/staff 8, fac experts, fac notes 5, dean of faculty 4 |
| 61 | For Faculty and Staff (1-4) | employment, room scheduler, esp for fac/staff, dean of faculty |
| 62 | Staff (24-13) | employment 21, room scheduler 5, communications 3, publicity, daily msg, registrar, esp for fac/staff 16, fac experts, webmail 5, IT 3, dean of college, admin, conferences |
| 63 | Communications Office (1-3) | calendars, communications, daily msg |
| 64 | News (62-24) | employment, I Am Williams, fast facts, arts 10, cals 3, ’62 cal 3, WCMA cal, music cal, campus cal, featured events 5, sports 25, athletics 5, communications 39, publicity 32, daily msg 44, news releases 71, Wms in news 74, multimedia 31, social links 18, acad cals, esp for fac/staff, fac experts 22, fac notes 18, webmail |
| 65 | News & Events (3-13) | arts, cals 3, ’62 cal 3, music cal, campus cal 4, featured events 4, sports, communications, publicity 3, daily msg 4, news releases 4, Wms in News 4, acad cals |
| 66 | News and Communications (1-9) | communications, publicity, daily msg, news releases, Wms in news, multimedia, social links, webmail, IT |
| 67 | News and Events (2-15) | calendars 3, ’62 cal, WCMA cal, music cal, campus cal 3, featured events 3, sports, news releases 3, Wms in news 3, multimedia 3, social links 3 |
| 68 | Search (6-1) | search 8 |
| 69 | Search bar (1-4) | alumni dir, search, A-Z Index, people dir |
| 70 | Search box (1-1) | search |
| 71 | Search Website (2-1) | search 3 |
| 72 | Search Williams (4-3) | search 5, A-Z Index, people dir |
| 73 | Parents (49-2) | financial aid 3, esp for parents 64 |
| 74 | Especially For (3-7) | prospective students, esp for parents 4, esp for donors 4, esp for alumni 4, esp for visitors 4, esp for students 4, esp for fac/staff 4 |
| 75 | Especially for … (2-7) | esp for parents 3, esp for donors 3, esp for alumni 3, visitors guide, esp for visitors 3, esp for students 3, esp for fac/staff 3 |
| 76 | Shortcuts (1-6) | esp for parents, esp for donors, esp for alumni, esp for visitors, esp for students, esp for fac/staff |
| 77 | Visitors (59-20) | tours/info sessions 22, prospective students 5, apply to Wms, esp for parents, search 3, bldg addresses 10, map 36, visitors guide 69, esp for visitors 68, employment 4, sustainability 3, I Am Williams, Fast Facts, arts 4, ’62 cal, music cal, sports, acad cals, bookstore, conferences 8 |
| 78 | Employment (3-1) | employment 4 |
| 79 | Visitors/Parents (1-6) | tours/info sessions, esp for parents, search, map, visitors guide, esp for visitors |
| 80 | (button on homepage) (1-1) | giving to Williams |
| 81 | (in its own box) (1-1) | I Am Williams |
| 82 | Direct links from the top page (1-2) | search, webmail |
| 83 | Featured (1-3) | featured events, multimedia, social links |
| 84 | Footer (1-3) | giving, search, social links |
| 85 | Home Page (1-5) | search, I Am Williams, DM, webmail, IT |
| 86 | homepage (1-1) | multimedia |
| 87 | homepage links (1-1) | search |
| 88 | Images/Interest (1-1) | I Am Williams |
| 89 | Links from main page (1-7) | search, people dir, map, I am Williams, arts, athletics, webmail |
| 90 | not sure it needs a name (1-1) | social links |
| 91 | Other (1-4) | search, multimedia, social links, webmail |
| 92 | Social links (2-1) | social links |
| 93 | social networking (1-2) | multimedia, social links |
| 94 | Social networks (1-1) | social links |
| 95 | Top level/home page (1-4) | search, A-Z Index, social links, webmail |
| 96 | Williams Portal–not sure that’s the right term (1-3) | social links, webmail, IT |
| 97 | Internal links (1-5) | esp for, webmail, room scheduler |
| 98 | no name (1-1) | bldg addresses |
| 99 | Quick Links (7-19) | esp for, search, employment, rooms, calendars, athletics, multimedia, social links, libraries, depts/programs, bookstore, webmail, IT, conferences |
| 100 | related links (1-3) | search, social links, webmail |
| 101 | Tools (2-6) | search, directories, room scheduler, social links, webmail |
| 102 | Webmail (7-1) | webmail 9 |
| 103 | Williams webmail (1-1) | webmail |
| 104 | Fac/Staff & Students (1-3) | room scheduler, webmail, IT |
| 105 | General audience (1-4) | people dir, I Am Williams, arts, athletics |
| 106 | Multimedia (1-1) | multimedia |
| 107 | Williams Online (1-6) | room scheduler, libraries, courses, bookstore, webmail, IT |
| 108 | UNSORTED (51-60) |
Interesting …
- 51 out out of 75 participants (68%) left at least one item UNSORTED.
- Every single item was left UNSORTED by at least one person.
- Conferences may win the prize for appearing in the most categories.
Next: Raw Groupings
