UPDATED on May 3, 2018
Summary: All of the content on your page works together to convey and easily understood message. Elements such as words, pictures, links and visual elements need to be related, cohesive and accessible.
Best Practices Resources
- Basic Web Accessibility - creating web content that can be understood by anyone.
Management of Page Content
Page content is managed inside the OU Campus editor. Training on how to access this environment is provided in the Canvas course on Basic Web Editor Training. Contact your Web Coordinator to access this course.
Components of Page Content
Words
The overall message written in easily understood, plain English that can be generally understood by an 6-8th grade audience.
- Training on how to create content your audience can understand and act on is provided in the Canvas course on Web Content Development Training. Contact your Web Coordinator to access this course.
Typography
The formatting of your words into sentences, paragraphs, headerlines, sub headlines and lists.
Images
Any visual component that enhances the message on your page.
Links
Clickable components that route people to supplemental information designed to support the topic of your page.
- Links Help Section
- Links and Hypertext - from webAIM
Layouts
Pre-formatted snippets of code that you can place on your page in order to structure the layout of your content
Visual Elements
Graphical elements such as icons and divider lines that draw attention to areas of your content.