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| Account profile was updated with contact information and an image | ||
| Naming conventions followed for both guide title and page titles | Types and Names Changing Guide Options |
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| Guide type assigned | ||
| Guide subjects and tags assigned | ||
| Friendly URL assigned | ||
| Profile box is added to the guide home page | Creating Content Best Practices: Reusability Best Practices: Layout & Content |
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| Content is thematically chunked into pages and boxes | ||
| Content reused when possible | ||
| Boxes are ordered and placed based on responsive design principles | ||
| Guide has been viewed on multiple devices to check responsiveness | ||
| Text written with web consumption in mind: keep it short and simple | ||
| Resource lists are kept short and organized in order of importance | ||
| Consider your users: use plain language and be inclusive when adding content | ||
| Be selective about what to create and be future-friendly | ||
| Use default font with minimal italics and bold and no underlining or ALL CAPS | Best Practices: Accessibility | |
| Start with Heading 3 when you use headers for content structure in rich text editor | ||
| Link text (title) should be descriptive | ||
| Database or links descriptions should display beneath the link title | ||
| All images have alt-text descriptions | ||
| Assign table headers and add caption and summary to describe table (data table only) |
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| Guide has a URL |
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| Guide is assigned to a type and group | ||
| The central idea is in the top horizontal box, bold, blue, sized to span the entire width. | ||
| The resource list has been loaded into LTFL and is in a horizontal scrolling banner under the central idea. | ||
| The lines of inquiry are on the top LHS box (text size 16). | ||
| Guide includes book images and a link to individual eBooks on MackinVia | Online resources | |
| Guide includes a link to an Epic Book collection | ||
| Guide includes a link to a relevant page in Brainpop / Brainpop JR / Brainpop Chinese | ||
| For NU-G2 guide includes a link to PebbleGo | ||
| For G2-G6+ guide includes a link to a relevant page on Britannica | ||
| Every video is included in a separate box. "Dead"videos are eliminated | ||
| All links and books have an image associated to make them more visual. Images are of a uniform size / dimension. | ||
| Where possible include interactive documentaries and/or virtual reality links. | ||
| Guides should include a link to online resources and to the password document. | ||
| Guide link has been uploaded into grade/class page on my.cis or equivalent. | ||
| Guide link has been emailed to grade team, PYP Coordinator and other campus librarians | ||
| Epic Book collection has been shared with grade team, PYP Coordinator and other campus librarians | ||