Practical training overview
Which platform?
The University uses several different web editing platforms.
Currently this website only contains training materials for those editing in T4, and these are in the process of development.
See web editing platforms for details of support for other platforms.
Your level of experience
We recognise that web editing experience and skillsets vary greatly among web editors in the University community.
Even if you're proficient in many coding languages, you may not be familiar with the implications of web accessibility legislation – especially as technologies are constantly evolving. Conversely, you may be very familiar with the idea of web accessibility, but unsure how to put it into practice when editing a webpage.
Or, if both the areas of web editing and accessibility are new to you, you may even feel a little daunted by it all. (Don't worry, it'll be fine.)
Background reading
There are two elements of background reading:
- What is web accessibility? is an introduction to the subject and may be of general interest.
- Web accessibility legislation goes into some detail about the relevant regulations. Whether or not you need to read this depends on the role you have, and this is explained on the introductory page.
Neither are required reading in order to understand the practical training for T4 editors, but they may make it easier to understand why some of the rules are necessary.
Training levels
The training will be divided into two levels:
- Foundation-level: how to edit accessibly when undertaking simple or common tasks.
(Foundation-level content is currently in progress – see site status for details.) - Advanced-level: how to edit accessibly when undertaking more complex or technical tasks.
(Advanced-level content will be added at a later date.)
We're here to help
Web accessibility is a large and sometimes complex field, and we don't expect editors to retain all the information without needing to refer back to this site.
We're also aware that different editors have different types of tasks that they tend to do repeatedly, so you'll naturally gain confidence and experience in different areas from some of your colleagues.
At all points, the web team are here to help, so please do email the web team via digitalteam@exeter.ac.uk if you need advice or don't feel confident in tackling a task, no matter what it is.
The status of this site
This new site is an ongoing work in progress.
Further training materials and signposting will be added over the coming months as the site develops. Notifications of new training content will be included in the Weekly Bulletin, and by email to users of relevant platforms.
