Learning Commons:Student Orientation/Content Editing

Principles

Keep it Simple

• stay focused on the purpose of the site
• put your energy into essential features - only those that improve the user's experience
• select icons carefully and use consistently

Consider Aesthetics

• use high quality images
• preserve white space (through use of accordians, etc.)

Respect Copyright

• use Creative Commons, Public Domain or other openly licensed images or icons.

Share Openly

• ensure you apply an open license to any videos or other media content that you create. This will make it easier for others to re-use or remix our work - an important goal as a contributer to the open resource community.

Use a Student Lens

• student perspective and student voice differentiates the LC website from other institutional websites.

How to edit in WordPress

Formatting a Home Page

Home Page is referring to https://learningcommons.ubc.ca/

• Editing the Rotating Sliders on the Home Page

Formatting a Landing Pages

Landing Pages are referring to pages like Highlights. Tutoring and Studying, Student Toolkits, Resource Guides and Faculty Resources

• Add a flag to the thumbnails of the Landing Page(depreciated)
• Add a thumbnail to Landing Page(depreciated)

Formatting a Child Page

Child Pages are referring to individual pages, such as Study Spaces

• Style Guide
• How to make images Mobile Friendly

Creating a Student Toolkits

Student Toolkits are referring to pages that are part of Student Toolkit Landing Page. An example of Student Toolkits are Interacting with Profs.

• How to create a Student Toolkit

Formatting a blog

See an example of past student blog posts from here.

• Adding Images to the Blog post