“I think the main issue is that the current site is really hard to navigate, it’s kind of unclear and disorganized,” she said. “ As a student you approach it and think, ‘Harvard has so many resources,’ but you can't figure out how to access them.”

Yet according to some students, the APO’s new website does not yet have the visibility it needs to engage students in educational exploration.

“I would advertise its existence a little bit more,” Caroline K. Lauer ’14 said.  “Not too many people know about it.”

Magid said the APO has acknowledged this issue and hopes to encourage students to visit the website.

“We’re trying to address broadly information seekers and explorers, who may be one and the same person,” he said. “We want people to come back.”

The development of the APO’s new website runs in tandem with other efforts to increase the efficiency and usability of Harvard’s online resources. By the 2016-17 academic year, the University also plans to replace the current iSites web interface with Canvas, a platform designed to add flexibility to course websites.

—Staff writer Meg P. Bernhard can be reached at meg.bernhard@thecrimson.com Follow her on Twitter @Meg_Bernhard.