The Assistive Technology Resource Center ensures equal access to technology and electronic information for Colorado State University students and employees. Access to information by all members of its learning community is implicit in Colorado State University's mission as a land grant institution of higher education. To this effect, university web resources should be deployed in a manner that ensures that all members of our community, including persons with disabilities, have access to university information. In the context of web site design, accessibility is a measure of how easy it is to access, read, and understand the content of a web site.
Code to standards, validate your work with the W3C Markup Validator, and you're on your way to having (x)HTML and CSS that behaves properly in multiple browsers, requires fewer "hacks", degrades gracefully and is readable on multiple devices, and is future-proofed against browser changes.
e-Commerce is handled by the Department of Business and Financial Services.
To enhance functionality with search engines and to promote University identification, official University Web pages should include a meaningful, unique <title> tag that includes the text "Colorado State University." Example: "College of Business at Colorado State University" or "Colorado State University - College of Business." Official University Web pages should also include accurate <meta> description and <meta> keyword tags.
Web Communications collaborates with Communications and Creative Services, ACNS, and VPEA in offering access to a number of tools that facilitate communications with campus.
Academic Computing and Networking Services (ACNS) offers a variety of Web services to students, staff, faculty, colleges, departments, and organizations affiliated with Colorado State University.
From the 2009 Professional Development Institute. A basic overview of how to write and rewrite content for the web to increase readability and usability.
Join the list/group to gain access to a community of web professionals at CSU. Look up fellow web developers, designers, coders, and content specialists, and participate! The group is a friendly place to ask questions and share tidbits, to advertise PDI sessions and share best practices, to test/demo new sites and ideas, and to stay aware of any web-related university policy updates or changes. Join now.
