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Accessibility in UX and Graphic Design
“But consider for a second that all design is fundamentally assistive.” — Margaret Andersen Good design provides for its users. Every step of the visual design process considers how best to make its content both beautiful and understandable. On a … Continue reading
Setting Up a New Exhibit in Canvasser
Step 1 Get the map/image (and any other relevant assets) from your client. Note: If the elements that are meant to be interactive are not yet highlighted, make sure you clear that out with the client. Step 2 Using the … Continue reading
Pages STA Essentials
Overview Pages is the content management system (CMS) that will be used for the College of Liberal Arts site. It comes from GrapesJS, an open-source web development tool that allows developers to add custom CSS elements into blocks in a … Continue reading
WordPress: Write Documentation via WordPress Help Plug-in
Introduction This training will help introduce you to and familiarize yourself with the WP Help plugin, a helpful resource for organizing internal documentation on WordPress. This will be helpful should you ever need to help manage the STA blog or … Continue reading
Principles of Design | Shape and Pattern
Shape is a formative element in design. Movements you have learned about like Art Deco and Bauhaus put major emphasis on shape and form, which inform how we use shape today. Although it often goes unnoticed, shape is everywhere, from … Continue reading