Letter to the Editor

This archived article was written by: Emilee Merrill

Dear Editor:
As a student of USU Eastern, I want to express my disappointment in a recent change to the new website for our beloved campus in Price, Utah.
Before that change to the website of eastern.usu.edu, a person would come across a picture of a student with the option to either visit the Price campus website or the Blanding campus website. Now when you visit the stated website, a newer version pops up.
Don’t get me wrong I’m a big fan of the new pictures and sleek outline. This cool version has information on both of the Eastern campuses and links to cool websites such as “Price City” or “Blanding City” that leads a person to website that gives ideas of what to do for a weekend or a vacation.
After you click on the link that leads you to the Price campus website, the sleekness continues. Some of the new features on the website include a spotlight, or news, of what’s going on throughout campus.
There’s a link that leads to an event calendar or academic assistance. In fact, most of the things that were on the old website are included on the new one.
However, ever since visiting this “new and improved” website, I never found a link on the front page that leads straight to Canvas or Banner. I had to go searching to find a link that could lead me to Banner (I never found a link for Canvas), and I finally found one after going through five pages of information that I already know.
Now some of you may be thinking “So what? Who cares?” Well, I don’t know about you, but as a student, I use my Banner and Canvas, especially Canvas, accounts a ton. It’s in Canvas that I’m able to message my professors if I have a question or if I’m going to miss class. In Canvas, I get updates on school assignments. I turn in my assignments on Canvas. I even take quizzes and tests through Canvas. To me Canvas is a big deal because I want to succeed in college and Canvas helps me do that.
Now through Banner I’m able to keep myself updated financially. I pay by tuition and other bills through Banner. I get my final grades on Banner. I register for classes on Banner.
I really think I don’t need to continue here. I’m also pretty sure that I’m no the only student at USUE that uses Canvas and Banner a ton.
With so many people using these tools, don’t you think that they should be easy to find to find without having to search for them? I do!
I hope that someday soon that whoever made our, I admit, beautiful and cool looking new website, will put these two important tools back onto the front page.
Sincerely, Emilee Merrill