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The summary field is optional but important. Use it to summarise your page in 20 words or less.

Follow the styling instructions (highlighted in bold).

Content is the most important component of our website.

This is the body text field, where the main part of your page content goes.

When writing for the web, using plain language allows users to find what they need, understand what they have found, and then use it to meet their needs. 

The seven Cs of content quality 

James Mathewson identifies seven features that will help you to write readable and engaging content. 

  1. Client-centric: Quality content is not about what you want to write. It's about what your audience need to read
  2. Compelling: Web users typically scan the page and only read if they see words that are obviously relevant to them
  3. Credible: Everything you write needs to have solid evidence behind it
  4. Concise: Give web users the information they need in the smallest possible time
  5. Clear: Clarity is also in the eye of the beholder. And that's really the most important point
  6. Conversational: On the web, nothing turns an audience off faster than writing that sounds mechanical
  7. Clean: Make sure you proofread and have someone else proofread for you before you publish

Structuring content

When designing your content, keep the following in mind:

  • have a clearly defined goal for each page
  • be clear and succinct, no repetition
  • break up big chunks of text by using short paragraphs (chunking) and adding headings and subheadings to enhance scannability.
  • ensure keywords are in the headings and main text.

A bit about links

  • Link to something only if it helps meet the user's need
  • Write link text that is meaningful and makes the destination clear
  • Don't set links to open in another tab or window
  • Create internal links to support the user's journey
  • Add the document type, file type and size when linking to files

Download UX Myths poster (PDF, 668KB)

If you learn your audience's needs and pain points, you have a chance of creating high-quality content for them.

-- James Mathewson --

Content development process

These two steps are important when you develop content for the UTS web. 

Step 1: Content and audience identification

  • Identify the information that is required and the purpose for publishing it. 
  • Ensure that the information has not been published elsewhere on the UTS web.
  • Identify who the audience(s) are and their particular needs.

Step 2: Publication and ongoing maintenance

  • Determine and document ongoing maintenance requirements.
  • Publish content.
  • Maintain your content: keep the info current, accurate and relevant and undertake regular quality assurance checks.

 

Accessibility

Under the Disability Discrimination Act 1992 we are legally required to ensure that people with disability have the same fundamental rights to access information as the rest of the community. 

Images

Two important notes about images:

  1. Alt text replaces the element whenever the element can't be seen by the user or displayed on the screen.
  2. Check the copyright of your image and attribute accordingly.
Group of students outside UTS Business School

(Photo by Robert Smith)

The Dr Chau Chak Wing Building is the first Australian building designed by Frank Gehry, one of the world's most celebrated architects. Photo by Robert Smith.  

Image sizes

Three students talking around a laptop

Photographer: Kim Smith

When you add an image to the body field, you have four image sizes to choose from:

  • Generic: The maximum size. Upload images that are at least 2000 pixels wide. 4000px wide is best.
  • 250px: Good for decorative shots. Upload images that are at least 500 pixels wide
  • 150px: Good for individual headshots. Upload images that are at least 300 pixels wide
  • 50px: Good for icons such as social media. Upload images that are at least 100 pixels wide.

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environment for students and staff

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safe

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call us straight away in an emergency

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or contact us from an orange help point

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incidents thefts or security problems

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should all be reported

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security staff are first aid trained and

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can help with injuries or illness

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because emergencies sometimes happens

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make sure you're prepared check out the

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emergency procedure signage especially

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in areas you visit frequently

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know how to find your closest exit and

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assembly area

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in a blackout look for emergency

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lighting and follow the bright green

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signs to the exits UTS buildings may be

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required to enter lockdown where danger

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is present and evacuation is not an

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option if the building you're in goes

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into lockdown leave all public areas

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immediately stay alert and move to a

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safe and enclosed area

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close and secure the doors close blinds

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and turn off the lights

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it's important to remain as quiet as

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possible and silence all devices until

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you get the all clear

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you may be required to shelter in place

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if an emergency occurs outside the

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University's campus or during severe

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weather

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you must follow all instructions and

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remain inside the building you are

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located in until it is safe to leave

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it's an emergency you'll hear two

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different alarm sounds

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means prepare to evacuate

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turn off gas Flames or equipment that

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could be dangerous if left unattended

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means you must evacuate the building

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don't try and leave the way you came in

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make sure you follow the green emergency

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signs and move quickly to the nearest

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fire exit

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don't use the lifts it might not be safe

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use the fire stairs follow the direction

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of wardens wearing red hats as well as

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security staff

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check if others need assistance if they

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do help them to move to the fire stairs

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or the fire stairs door then contact

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security staff or emergency services to

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report where they are

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fire curtains are installed in building

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staircase Outside The Hive super lab and

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in the library if a fire curtain is

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closing in front of you just go back the

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way you came then follow the green

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emergency signs to the fire exit

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just push on the door it will be

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unlocked in an emergency brake glass

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alarms are located in all buildings on

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campus breaking the glass will activate

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an evacuation procedure and can release

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doors if required

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after evacuating don't stand near

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building exits

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don't go back inside until you get the

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all clear from a security officer or

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Emergency Services

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look after yourself and others in an

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Acknowledgement of Country

UTS acknowledges the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation, the Boorooberongal people of the Dharug Nation, the Bidiagal people and the Gamaygal people, upon whose ancestral lands our university stands. We would also like to pay respect to the Elders both past and present, acknowledging them as the traditional custodians of knowledge for these lands.