PDF files published on the University of St Andrews website must meet accessibility standards. This is so the …
Monday 15 July 2019
Student design sprint prototype
On behalf of the Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL) project Board, the digital communications team hosted a design sprint with students to help redesign certain elements of the student portal.
Wednesday 5 June 2019 DesignLatest posts
Users on the autistic spectrum can benefit from accessible web-based services. This guidance is for web and digital …
Monday 8 July 2019
Between Monday 24 and Friday 28 June 2019, nine graduation ceremonies were streamed live on the University website. …
Wednesday 3 July 2019
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Findings from Funnelback search usability testing
Last November I wrote about the initial findings from the control usability test that was conducted on Google Search Appliance (GSA), the University’s search system at the time. The main outcomes from that test were that University search results were inaccurate, there was a distrust of keymatch boxes and there was little interaction with search…
27 June 2019Usability
How to make videos accessible with closed captions
Subtitles are transcripts of a video’s dialogue or audio contained in SubRip (SRT) files that are attached to videos. They provide context and clarity to video content.
21 June 2019Accessibility
What is a GIF file?
If you’ve scrolled through any social media feeds today, it’s likely you’ll have encountered a few GIF files (pronounced JIF…although personally I’m in the hard ‘G’ camp).
14 June 2019Technology