Before you publish your guide, make sure you have all the boxes checked.
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Consulted with liaison for subject area before creating guide. |
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Reviewed the Best Practices Guide and specifically Springshare’s Writing for the Web Guidelines. |
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Copied from General Guide Template by Sean (or from an existing guide that follows the template; example: Eng101). (link) |
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Maintained Template box/ page default colors to ensure consistency. (Special themes like space for Astronomy are the exception.) |
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Removed template text and filled in text on “About This Guide” page to reflect your current guide. |
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Filled in the Subject category and Tagged with any keywords that would help guide students when searching. If you have a general subject or class guide, please also designate the correct Field of Interest Group (drop-down choices). (link) |
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Account profile box was updated with contact information and an image (adjuncts- ask if liaison needs to be added). (See guidelines: link) |
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Kept left navigator language as consistent as possible to the template using “find.” (Example: Find articles, Find books.) |
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Followed naming standards on style guide. (link) |
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Created friendly URL for each page of the guide. (link) |
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Wrote text with web consumption in mind: keep it short and simple. (link) |
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Used default font with minimal italics and no underlining or ALL CAPS |
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Tested all links. Made sure pages open in a new window if they are outside links. (link) **Must publish in order to test links. |
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Reused content/ widgets when possible. (link) |
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Included the Ask a Librarian chat box (defaults in the Template Guide). |
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Used A-Z “add database” preset option instead of a link when adding databases. (link) |
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Added a subject to your guide (found in the upper-left above the guide menu (this will be important for the drop-down object we add later to the home page). (link) |
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Ordered resources/ links by relevance (most recommended first on the list). |
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Added alt-text descriptions to images. (link) |
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Added a redirect URL page for Citation Help to all guides (default on template). (link) |
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Made Guide Live through Change Status and Control in upper-right. (link) |
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| Sent guide link to Pam and Sean for review once published and to embed in Canvas. |
If you are unsure of anything listed above, please ask Sean or Pam for assistance.
Overview of how to publish from Springshare.
How to update your guide's status
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