Digital Communications team update – June 2020
Latest updates from the digital communications team and useful articles and resources relating to digital best practice for June 2020.
Schools website project
Four new websites have launched as part of BTPO’s Academic Schools Website project:
This brings the total to 23 new websites out of 24. The remaining website, which is the School of Biology, is scheduled to launch on Thursday 4 June 2020.
The project has been completed on time, which is a huge achievement for everyone involved – IT Services, digital communications team, BTPO, computing officers, the PURE team, HR, School staff and many more.
Recent blog posts
- How to customise your background in Microsoft Teams video calls
- Optimising images for the web
- Remote staff training – lessons from Covid-19
Articles and resources
- Free online contrast checker
- Accessibility exercise – ‘Record a goose sighting’ is a made-up government service, filled with accessibility issues. Your task is to find them all!
- Every image tells a story (textBOX) – an in-depth approach to alternative text for online images
- Accessibility and Me – a series of interviews with people with access needs.