Website Wednesday - January 29, 2025
Wed, Jan 29, 2025, 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm
The next Website Wednesday meeting will be held in Frist Campus Center Multi-purpose Room A on January 29, 2025, from 12:00-1:00pm, followed by 30 minutes of casual support and knowledge sharing for those who wish to stay until 1:30pm.
Agenda: Website Organization Tools - Help with Planning a New…
Agenda: Website Organization Tools - Help with Planning a New…
Location
Frist Campus Center MPR-A and Zoom
Accessible Website Content: Best Practices
Wed, Feb 5, 2025, 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
Beginning with topics introduced in Getting Started With Digital Accessibility, we will explore practical steps to enter and edit your website content so that it is accessible to people with disabilities.We will be using Princeton's automated website monitoring tool, DubBot to assess website content by taking a closer look at some of the most…
Location
Virtual Zoom Class
Caption Editing Best Practices
Tue, Feb 11, 2025, 11:30 am – 12:00 pm
This class answers your questions about dealing with common issues in captioning quality, such as what to do when the speaker is inaudible, or uses offensive language. Learn how to address these, and to follow best practices to ensure your video's captions provide an equally effective experience for people with disabilities.Since this training is…
Location
Virtual Class
Social Media Accessibility
Wed, Feb 12, 2025, 11:00 am – 12:00 pm
Maddy Pryor from the Office of Communications will lead this training on social media accessibility best practices. Learn some general guidelines for posting or resharing on different social media platforms. What’s the best alt text? How do I make hashtags accessible? What’s the difference between closed captions and open captions? This training…
Location
Virtual Class
Accessible Presentations
Tue, Feb 18, 2025, 10:00 am – Tue, Feb 25, 2025, 11:00 am
Learn how to make in-person events more inclusive and disability-friendly. This course covers best practices, with a focus on slide design and considerations for the physical space. Learn how to ensure that attendees can more fully participate, can engage with presented materials, and have less fatigue.To request disability-related accommodations,…
Location
Virtual Class
Alt Text Best Practices
Wed, Feb 19, 2025, 11:30 am – 12:00 pm
Alt text is text that describes an image to a person who cannot see that image. This text is not visible on screen, but is read to a user by a screen reader. This class answers some of the most common questions about alt text:What is alt text?How do you describe images with alt text?How do you know if an image should be marked as decorative?What…
Location
Virtual Class
Princeton Site Builder, part I: Introduction to Drupal, Creating Content
Thu, Feb 20, 2025, 9:45 am – 12:00 pm
Overview & Purpose:
You will be given an overview of Drupal site administration, and of page creation and editing. There is an emphasis on forming good principles of Content Management, and on basic Accessibility challenges.
The class will also touch on the few differences found when using a site with the “Scholar” theme.
…
The class will also touch on the few differences found when using a site with the “Scholar” theme.
…
Location
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Princeton Site Builder, part II: Advanced Content
Thu, Feb 20, 2025, 1:30 pm – 3:45 pm
Overview & Purpose:
To learn the various available “content types” in the platform, and how and why to use them.
Objectives: To be able to create Event, News, and People content to understand how this content can automatically appear in lists throughout your site. Hybrid Classes: Classes will be held at 701 Carnegie…
Objectives: To be able to create Event, News, and People content to understand how this content can automatically appear in lists throughout your site. Hybrid Classes: Classes will be held at 701 Carnegie…
Location
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Princeton Site Builder, part III: Courses, Forms, Introduction to Layout
Fri, Feb 21, 2025, 9:45 am – 12:00 pm
Overview & Purpose:
To gain a higher-level perception of the platform to leverage the value of its flexibility. To learn advanced content options.
Objectives: To be introduced to the entire parallel page-editing method that lives behind the Layout button to be able to create simple forms, with an eye towards more complex ones …
Objectives: To be introduced to the entire parallel page-editing method that lives behind the Layout button to be able to create simple forms, with an eye towards more complex ones …
Location
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Princeton Site Builder, part IV: Layout Deep-Dive; Gaining Flexibility through Effective Content Categorization
Fri, Feb 21, 2025, 1:30 pm – 3:45 pm
Overview & Purpose:
To learn the various “Content Blocks” in the platform; how to use them to make it easier for your website visitors to find what they are looking for; and how to assemble stylish Home or “Landing” pages.
Objectives: Understand the breadth of customization options available in the platform. understand how to…
Objectives: Understand the breadth of customization options available in the platform. understand how to…
Location
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Inclusive Online Meetings and Events
Tue, Feb 25, 2025, 11:00 am – 12:00 pm
Learn how to plan and present inclusive, disability-friendly meetings and events online. This course covers best practices, with a focus on Zoom. Learn how to ensure that attendees can fully participate, can engage with presented materials, and have less fatigue.To request disability-related accommodations, please contact accessibility@princeton…
Location
Virtual Class
Accessible Website Content: Best Practices
Tue, Mar 4, 2025, 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
Beginning with topics introduced in Getting Started With Digital Accessibility, we will explore practical steps to enter and edit your website content so that it is accessible to people with disabilities.We will be using Princeton's automated website monitoring tool, DubBot to assess website content by taking a closer look at some of the most…
Location
Virtual Zoom Class
Princeton Site Builder, part I: Introduction to Drupal, Creating Content
Thu, Mar 20, 2025, 9:45 am – 12:00 pm
Overview & Purpose:
You will be given an overview of Drupal site administration, and of page creation and editing. There is an emphasis on forming good principles of Content Management, and on basic Accessibility challenges.
The class will also touch on the few differences found when using a site with the “Scholar” theme.
…
The class will also touch on the few differences found when using a site with the “Scholar” theme.
…
Location
View location on My PrincetonU
Princeton Site Builder, part II: Advanced Content
Thu, Mar 20, 2025, 1:30 pm – 3:45 pm
Overview & Purpose:
To learn the various available “content types” in the platform, and how and why to use them.
Objectives: To be able to create Event, News, and People content to understand how this content can automatically appear in lists throughout your site. Hybrid Classes: Classes will be held at 701 Carnegie…
Objectives: To be able to create Event, News, and People content to understand how this content can automatically appear in lists throughout your site. Hybrid Classes: Classes will be held at 701 Carnegie…
Location
View location on My PrincetonU
Princeton Site Builder, part III: Courses, Forms, Introduction to Layout
Fri, Mar 21, 2025, 9:45 am – 12:00 pm
Overview & Purpose:
To gain a higher-level perception of the platform to leverage the value of its flexibility. To learn advanced content options.
Objectives: To be introduced to the entire parallel page-editing method that lives behind the Layout button to be able to create simple forms, with an eye towards more complex ones …
Objectives: To be introduced to the entire parallel page-editing method that lives behind the Layout button to be able to create simple forms, with an eye towards more complex ones …
Location
View location on My PrincetonU
Princeton Site Builder, part IV: Layout Deep-Dive; Gaining Flexibility through Effective Content Categorization
Fri, Mar 21, 2025, 1:30 pm – 3:45 pm
Overview & Purpose:
To learn the various “Content Blocks” in the platform; how to use them to make it easier for your website visitors to find what they are looking for; and how to assemble stylish Home or “Landing” pages.
Objectives: Understand the breadth of customization options available in the platform. understand how to…
Objectives: Understand the breadth of customization options available in the platform. understand how to…
Location
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Accessible Websites: Testing Design & Code
Tue, Mar 25, 2025, 9:00 am – 12:00 pm
This is an interactive, technical workshop for developers, designers and technically-focused site owners focused on testing responsive designs, interactive code and structured content. Content issues are discussed more in Accessible Website Content: Advanced Topics.Attendees will need to bring their laptop to participate.The workshop covers…
Location
701 Carnegie Center, MPR A
Accessible Website Content: Best Practices
Wed, Apr 9, 2025, 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
Beginning with topics introduced in Getting Started With Digital Accessibility, we will explore practical steps to enter and edit your website content so that it is accessible to people with disabilities.We will be using Princeton's automated website monitoring tool, DubBot to assess website content by taking a closer look at some of the most…
Location
Virtual Zoom Class
Princeton Site Builder, part I: Introduction to Drupal, Creating Content
Thu, Apr 24, 2025, 9:45 am – 12:00 pm
Overview & Purpose:
You will be given an overview of Drupal site administration, and of page creation and editing. There is an emphasis on forming good principles of Content Management, and on basic Accessibility challenges.
The class will also touch on the few differences found when using a site with the “Scholar” theme.
…
The class will also touch on the few differences found when using a site with the “Scholar” theme.
…
Location
View location on My PrincetonU
Alt Text Best Practices
Thu, Apr 24, 2025, 11:30 am – 12:00 pm
Alt text is text that describes an image to a person who cannot see that image. This text is not visible on screen, but is read to a user by a screen reader. This class answers some of the most common questions about alt text:What is alt text?How do you describe images with alt text?How do you know if an image should be marked as decorative?What…
Location
Virtual Class