The web team has been exploring and implementing strategies to help NIU websites rank higher in search engine results. This ongoing process of search engine...
Best practices in usability and accessibility are constantly evolving. The Web Team reviews and updates our Web Standards to keep them aligned with industry standards...
You work hard on your web content. How can you help your message reach the largest possible audience? One way you can help reach more...
Meta-descriptions provide brief summaries of webpage content. They appear on search engine results pages along with URLs and page titles. Cascade, our content management platform,...
A page or section dedicated to frequently asked questions (FAQ) can be a useful part of your website. It’s a tool that audiences are used...
NIU websites must be accessible to everyone. Part of accessibility is using inclusive language. Language is inclusive when it doesn’t exclude anyone based on characteristics...
The Web Standards are a set of guidelines that govern the creation and revision of NIU websites. They help us provide a consistent user experience...
This fall, members of the web team traveled to Milwaukee to attend the 2019 HighEdWeb conference. The annual conference is sponsored by the Higher Education...
The Portable Document Format, or PDF, can be a useful tool. The format gives users another way to access web content. However, PDFs have some...
People read differently online. They scan for information instead of reading every word. You can tailor your web content to this behavior by ensuring that...