New sustainability website
We launched a new sustainability section of the website on Thursday, 28 January 2021. This new section replaces many pages previously scattered across the University website. It brings together information about…
Covid-19 information landing page update
We have updated the Covid-19 information landing page by analysing usage data to understand user needs in terms of our key purpose: helping staff and students to protect each other keeping our community informed about…
House style updates
We periodically review the University’s house style to make sure that it continues to meet user needs and best practice. Recently, we made a few changes to clarify some of the entries and to bring us more in line with…
E-A-T and search engine optimisation
Google regularly updates its core search algorithms to provide better search results for users. After a recent update, Google produced guidelines for web professionals on reassessing their content in light of these…
Clicks don’t really matter
Over the last few months I’ve received several requests to track the number of clicks it takes a user to complete a task to determine the “improved” usability of a website.
What St Andrews web editors do when we’re not writing
This post was inspired by the Scottish Government blog post, What content designers do when they’re not writing. At St Andrews, web content editors create and maintain content on the University’s externally facing…
Updated events website
On Thursday 27 September 2018, the digital communications team launched the new events website in our updated style to assure future accessibility for users. This post looks at some of the changes we’ve made.
Digital visa launch
The digital communications team has officially launched a programme of training sessions known as the digital visa. The digital visa will provide essential training in digital communications topics to anyone who works…
Results from mobile usability testing
Last week I conducted some guerrilla usability testing on a mobile device in the University’s Library. The main purpose of the test was to find out whether the new digital prospectus pages can be used on mobile…
Runners, repeaters and strangers on the internet
Over the last few years, the digital communications team has changed a lot – we are now committed to an Agile project management methodology, we retrospect regularly and plan comprehensively. Fundamentally, our thought…