{"id":202,"date":"2025-05-02T19:55:35","date_gmt":"2025-05-02T19:55:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aehmann.bitweb1.nwtc.edu\/webmgmt\/?p=202"},"modified":"2025-05-02T19:55:35","modified_gmt":"2025-05-02T19:55:35","slug":"class-application-stats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aehmann.bitweb1.nwtc.edu\/webmgmt\/nwtc\/stem\/technology\/class-application-stats","title":{"rendered":"Class Application Stats"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"313\" height=\"406\" src=\"https:\/\/aehmann.bitweb1.nwtc.edu\/webmgmt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/application.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-203\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aehmann.bitweb1.nwtc.edu\/webmgmt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/application.png 313w, https:\/\/aehmann.bitweb1.nwtc.edu\/webmgmt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/application-231x300.png 231w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 313px) 100vw, 313px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>I understand that people may find they&#8217;re not interested in a class after viewing its information, but I also think that only 1\/10 of people attempting an application is too large of a gap. Personally, I find that there are too many clicks in the application process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When you search for NWTC class application, the page that appears a couple of slots above the actual class search page in the organic search results is the &#8220;how to&#8221; page. Going to that page requires another click to reach the search page. Therefore, I think that SEO should prioritize the search page rather than the information page as current students know what they&#8217;re looking for, and it shouldn&#8217;t necessarily be too difficult for new students to figure out either.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition, I find the &#8220;more details&#8221; button about a class to be an unnecessary click to reach the application button. It&#8217;s important to have in case people want more information, but I believe all of the important information can be\/is shown on the card itself. Therefore, &#8220;more details&#8221; should be accompanied by the application button.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Finally, class search is a little too buried in the student portal. Canvas, email, class search\/application, and finances are really the only things I use the student portal for, so the highly used buttons should be included in the header.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I understand that people may find they&#8217;re not interested in a class after viewing its information, but I also think that only 1\/10 of people attempting an application is too large of a gap. Personally, I find that there are too many clicks in the application process. When you search for NWTC class application, the&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/aehmann.bitweb1.nwtc.edu\/webmgmt\/nwtc\/stem\/technology\/class-application-stats\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Class Application Stats<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_682351374737661_628227800375787":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-202","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aehmann.bitweb1.nwtc.edu\/webmgmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aehmann.bitweb1.nwtc.edu\/webmgmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aehmann.bitweb1.nwtc.edu\/webmgmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aehmann.bitweb1.nwtc.edu\/webmgmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aehmann.bitweb1.nwtc.edu\/webmgmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=202"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/aehmann.bitweb1.nwtc.edu\/webmgmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":204,"href":"https:\/\/aehmann.bitweb1.nwtc.edu\/webmgmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202\/revisions\/204"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aehmann.bitweb1.nwtc.edu\/webmgmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=202"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aehmann.bitweb1.nwtc.edu\/webmgmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=202"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aehmann.bitweb1.nwtc.edu\/webmgmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=202"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}