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                     Quality of Information: A review of all the teaching material available in the
                  chair was made as well as update and adaptation with multimedia support.
                  Theoretical  elements,  resolved  and  proposed  practices  were  arranged.
                  Communication channels were opened between teachers and students. The
                  items  considered  in  this  variable  were:  distribution  of  the  classes,
                  understanding of theoretical contents, interpretation of practical slogans and
                  interpretation of the postulated solutions.
                     Design: A page with a high contrast design, large fonts, fixed menu bars,
                  sections associated with units of the study program was made. The icons that
                  present the downloadable material are indicative of the type of file and its
                  format, so that the user knows what software they will need for viewing. The
                  items  considered  were:  structural  design  (colors,  funds  and  sources)  and
                  location and understanding of menus.
                     In order to evaluate the quality of the development site, its efficiency was
                  studied in terms of the use that the students made of it.
                     The concept of use is an attribute of quality that measures the ease with
                  which the user uses the interface, because the first capacity of the system must
                  be to respect the physical and psychological processes of the person who
                  interacts with it.
                     There are two general methodologies to study the use of an educational
                  web site. These are the expert analysis and the tests with the users (students).
                     In addition to the Wix website, the chair of Biostatistics has a virtual campus
                  site where the daily information on the chair is presented, PowerPoint of the
                  theoretical  classes,  applications  on  veterinary  medical  practices,  resolved
                  problems and a space to interact with the students among them, classes of
                  virtual consultations.
                  The website is https://fveter.unr.edu.ar/

                  3.  Results
                      In the case of the study of the use of the web site developed by the Chair
                  of  Biostatistics,  it  was  decided  to  use  the  tests  with  the  users,  since  this
                  instrument is intended to sustain and improve the learning process.
                      The students’ tests were made for the construction of a checklist based on
                  the evaluation criteria that was used as the basis for the development of the
                  page.
                      A total of 10 aforementioned analysis factors was postulated, which were
                  turned into a questionnaire that was voluntarily completed by the students.
                      Each of these factors was evaluated using a Likert scale of 4 levels (Very
                  Good, Good, Fair, and Poor, although for simplicity of presentation of results
                  were summarized in 2 categories: Positive (Very Good and Good) and Negative
                  (Regular and Bad).



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