CAPED, California Association for Postsecondary Education and Disability  

Online Content Style Guide

(Microsoft Word Format)

Visual Appearance

The Webmaster in consultation with the Officer’s Council will present a consistent design across the CAPED website.

Navigation

  1. All hyperlinks and image links must be valid, updated and accurate.
  2. Within the CAPED website, if additional file formats are available, these shall be hyperlinks from the Web page version of the original document. Specific reference documents approved by the Officer's Council are not required to have a Web page version of the original document..
  3. Hyperlinks will open in the same window and the user will be notified that they are clicking on an external link and going away from the CAPED website.

Content

  1. Content submitted will be reviewed by the following officers:
    CIGs submit to VP of CIGS (currently Mark Matsui)
    Committees submit to VP of Committees (currently Lyn Clemons)
    All others submit to immediate past president (currently Lucinda Aborn)
  2. Web content will be accepted in any of the following formats: MS Word, HTML, RTF.
  3. Content uploaded to the web will be in HTML format.
  4. Documents shall be marked up with Headings 1, 2, and 3 (tags) when appropriate. This will allow for improved access by assistive computer technologies and consistent support for the CAPED style sheet.
  5. Content within the CAPED website shall originate as a Web page. If other file types are available, these will be linked to the Web page version.
  6. Reference documents for download will be posted as tagged PDF or RTF files.
  7. PDF documents submitted must already be:
    1. Tagged (heading1, heading 2, etc.)
    2. Contain a logical reading order
    3. Form-based PDF documents must include support for assistive technologies
  8. Documents can be submitted with graphics in them. All graphics included must be attached as separate files.
    Preferred file formats for graphics submitted are: JPEG, GIF, PNG
  9. Any multimedia content submitted will be captioned.
  10. Web forms available from the CAPED website shall meet the appropriate accessibility requirements for successful completion with assistive technology." That way if there is a change to AT or the WCAG content with respect to improving access, then we are covered. We already specify that PDF documents have the appropriate tagging for successful form completion in part 6(c).

Accessibility

  1. All areas of the CAPED website will conform to Priority 1 and 2 guidelines in the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0 ( http://www.w3.org/TR/1999/WAI-WEBCONTENT-19990505/#priorities)
  2. PDF documents will be posted in an accessible format which includes:
    1. Tagged (heading1, heading 2, etc.)
    2. Contain a with a logical reading order
    3. Form-based PDF documents must include support for assistive technologies

Digital Committee

Carolyn Fiori, College of San Mateo, Chair
Sean Keegan, High Tech Center Training Unit
Laura Matsumoto, Glendale College
Erika Higginbotham, Mesa College
Jane Maringer-Cantu, Gavilan College
Ken Sawicki, Antelope Valley College
Ray Lovell, El Camino College
Daveena Burns Peters, CSU San Bernardino
Lyn Clemons, CAPED VP Committees
Mark Matsui, CAPED VP CIGS

 

 

 

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