World Wide Web Advisory Board - Web Identity
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In order to meet legal obligations imposed on the University from September
2002, all Web based materials must comply with
the Code of Practice developed by the WWW Advisory Board. Non-compliance is
deemed to be in breach of University Regulation 21 for which there is a
disciplinary procedure. The Code of Practice covers all information delivered
via the WWW, including VLE/MLE materials. The following links will aid the
process:
- Code of Practice: Web based materials - full code (Word
- 517 KB, pdf - 625 KB)
- Code of Practice: Web based materials - summary of key points (Word
- 50 KB, pdf - 64 KB)
- Procedure for University staff for creating a new Web site (Word
38 KB, pdf 36 KB)
- University's Accessibility statement
- University's Visual Identity
- Image bank
- Learner Support Services Web authoring resources.
- Support materials for those preparing online materials, eg minutes, course
notes, etc, for the Web or VLE.
- Font Style: The Corporate Identity standard font for Web pages is Arial,
however, you should always offer alternatives, eg < "Arial, Helvetica,
Sans-Serif">. Alternative fonts may be used to provide greater clarity to
navigation links, etc.
- Baseline Content:
- The University of Bradford logo that follows the
Corporate
Identity requirements at the top of the page.
- A link to the University of
Bradford home page.
- The full name of the Planning Unit.
- The full postal address of the Planning
Unit.
- The name of the Planning Unit and the words "University of Bradford"
contained in the <title> tag.
- Links to the prospectus order form and
course-enquiries@bradford.ac.uk as per
the external home page.
- A telephone number for Planning Unit general enquiries.
- The name and method
of contacting the maintainer of the page (note: this should not be a named
individual; a mailto link to a general e-mail box is required).
- The date that the page was last checked or revised.
- For Academic areas, clear links to information about courses offered,
including the appropriate contact details for admissions. A centralised course directory can be found at
http://www.bradford.ac.uk/courses/
and academic Planning Units should link to the information contained here or use PHP to include the information for use in their pages. All course information presented on Planning Unit pages should be up to date
and in line with the central University course directory.
- For academic departments, the home page should carry the baseline content
outlined above together with the name and a link to the Planning Unit home page.
The University's Code of Practice for Web authoring was first launched at the
You and the Web seminar on 9 July 2002. The following presentations were given:
- Clearing and beyond: the Web as a marketing tool (Alison Darnbrough).
- The University Web site (Claire Gibbons and Ruth Whitfield).
- Special Educational Needs and Disability Act 2001 (Ruth Whitfield).
- The way forward (Ruth Whitfield and Stan Houghton).
Web Identity