Kent State Webmasters
Kent State Website editors within the kent.edu domain who rely on the university templates can trust that the majority of required elements are addressed and built-in at inception.
Academic Department Requirements
Academic units must include the following primary navigation items:
- Academics OR Undergraduate Programs and Graduate Programs
- Faculty & Staff or Faculty & Staff Directory or People
Call to Actions must include:
- Schedule Visit (only if program/department-specific visits are offered and information is captured in Hobson’s)
- Apply Now
- Why xxx?
- Schedule advising appointment
Graduate Programs
- Graduate Program pages must include the shared block from Graduate Studies
- The Digital Sciences graduate page has this block displayed
All Kent State Websites
- Primary navigation
- Appear horizontally above large billboard image.
- Fit on one line without breaking on desktop devices.
- Filter into a recommended number of categories. Preferably no more than seven primary navigation categories should appear in the primary navigation.
- Standard Templates
- www.kent.edu standard templates include:
- Minimum of three Action Items
- Maximum of five Action Items
- www.kent.edu standard templates include:
- Call To Action
- Colleges must include:
- Find Majors & Degrees
- Schedule Visit (only if department-specific visits are offered and information is captured in Hobson’s)
- Apply Now
- Why xxx? - optional, but if academic area is narrow, highly recommended
- Schedule advising appointment
- Career Opportunities (Career Services Block) must include:
- Median Salaries
- Internships
- Alumni Success
- Facts & Figures
- Optional, alternate placement: home page infographic
- Further information on Call-to-Actions (CTAs)
Adherence to:
- Overall Guide to Web Standards
- Professional content and clean-up relying on SiteImprove
- Regular website audits of content for accuracy
- Accessibility
- Forms requirements if collecting personal data