Digital Communications team update – July 2023
Latest updates from the Digital Communications team at the University of St Andrews for July 2023.
WordPress accessibility audit
We are currently auditing sites in our WordPress installation for accessibility issues. We may be in touch with site administrators to give feedback and provide resources on accessibility best practice.
Working with Finance
After holding further workshops with Finance staff, we are reviewing web content about VAT for the Finance Improvement Project. Using analytics and discussing tasks performed by University staff, we have created a list of priority information to build new web content around.
Hello and goodbye
We welcome a new Web Content Editor to Digital Communications: Lauren Sykes joined us this month. You can read more about Lauren, who previously worked in Corporate Communications, in her first post for the Digital Communications team blog.
While we welcome Lauren, we bid a fond farewell to Joshua Crofts, who join the team in January this year. Josh has now re-joined the University Careers centre. We wish him all the best.
New from the blog
- Google it: how users find information online – the way users move through the web is changing – are we keeping up?
- New Web Content Editor – meet Lauren Sykes who joined the team this month.
- Are Roman numerals accessible and should they be used on the web? – one of the main concerns regarding the use of Roman numerals on the web is their impact on accessibility, particularly for screen reader users.
- Will Threads actually end Twitter? – a new player has emerged to challenge the dominance of Twitter. Meta, the company behind Facebook and Instagram, has unleashed Threads, an app that aims to revolutionise the way we engage with online communities.
Articles and resources
- Microsoft Word Guidance – creating accessible Word documents.
- PDF Guidance – creating accessible PDFs.
- Web Accessibility Perspectives Videos: Explore the Impact and Benefits for Everyone – short videos covering information including: writing content, layout and design, captions, colours.
None of the content in this issue was written with ChatGPT or other Artificial Intelligence assistance.
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