This guide outlines strategies to help our department create more consistent, accessible, and effective guides. By following these principles, we aim to make our guides easier for students to use—and more valuable for their learning.
Think of a Research Guide as a conversation: our users arrive with questions and scan (rather than read) to find answers. Our job is to make that conversation clear, welcoming, and easy to navigate.
Key Principles:
Consistent Design
Inclusive Design
Universal Design Principles
Instructional Design for Learning
WCAG 2.1 Standard Accessibility
Our Research Guides are more than collections of links. They are thoughtfully authored, carefully curated, openly licensed, pedagogical publications and/or learning objects that reflect our values and commitment to inclusive, student-centered learning.
