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Neuroscience - improving topic coverage on Wikipedia on the Edinburgh Award 2023/2024This is an Edinburgh Award presentation for Digital Volunteering with Wikipedia 2023/2024 - an extracurricular project of 55-80 hours at the University of Edinburgh.
From Ewan McAndrew
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Final steps - Effective Digital ContentThis three minute video sums up everything that's been covered in the Effective Digital Content course.
From Emma Horrell
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Introduction to Effective Digital ContentThe first video of the Effective Digital Content course. Image credits:Checkout image via Hamish on Flickr CC-BY-ND 2.0 All other images are taken from the further videos in the course and are…
From Emma Horrell
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Chunking your content - Effective Digital ContentThis three and a half minute video explains the importance of breaking your digital content into manageable chunks. Image creditsTitle slide and F-shaped reading:Screenshot from F-shaped pattern…
From Emma Horrell
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Reviewing and revising your content - Effective Digital ContentThis three and a half minute video emphasises that your website is never finished, and explains some things you can do to keep a grip on your content. Image creditsTitle slide, and Automated…
From Emma Horrell
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Link placement - Effective Digital ContentThis four and a half minute video shows how the placement of links when designing web content can help you to control the user journey and not overwhelm your users with choice. Image creditsTitle…
From Emma Horrell
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Findable, fact-based content - Effective Digital ContentThis two and a half minute video explains why good web writing is good SEO, and how fact-based content is more effective than marketing speak. Image creditsTitle slide and Fact-based content:By…
From Emma Horrell
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Who are your users and how do they access your content? - Effective Digital ContentThis two and a half minute video gets you thinking about the people using your website, what they need and what devices they might be using. Image creditsTitle slide and Whatever next?: In-car…
From Emma Horrell
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Write clearly, in Plain English - Effective Digital ContentThis four minute video explains why you should write like you talk, avoiding jargon, acronyms and waffle. Image creditsMatch search terms to content:Screenshots from Google TrendsChecking…
From Emma Horrell
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Why are you creating web content? - Effective Digital ContentThis four and a half minute video encourages you to think about what you want from your digital content - what your users need, and how meeting these needs can save you time.
From Emma Horrell
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University style - Effective Digital ContentThis two minute video introduces the University Web Style Guide, explaining how it works and where you can find it.
From Emma Horrell
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Link text - Effective Digital ContentThis six and a half minute video explains some of the most important web writing you'll do - crafting link text.
From Emma Horrell
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Readable web addresses - Effective Digital ContentThis two minute video shows how to create URLs that are user-friendly, search engine-friendly, and compliant with University policy.
From Emma Horrell
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Effective subheadings - Effective Digital ContentThis three and a half minute video tells you how and where to use subheadings to better help your users. Image creditsTrigger wordsScreenshot from NN Group - F-shaped pattern reading
From Emma Horrell
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Page titles and summaries - Effective Digital ContentThis three minute video tells you how to use your page title and summary to best effect.
From Emma Horrell
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Accessibility and readable text - Effective Digital ContentThis seven minute video discusses some important accessibility considerations when uploading images and video content, including alt text and subtitles. Image creditsVideo and audio content:Hearing…
From Emma Horrell
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