I am sure that as you look around the Internet, not just the OCPS web pages, you will find many instances where the text on the page asks you to ‘Click Here’ to go to another page, or to a … Read the rest
Creating Your Accessible PDF from Word
Now that you have a Word Document that is accessible, how can you create a PDF that you can distribute to others outside of OCPS.
Since the 2007 version of Word, you have had an option to change the file … Read the rest
Hyperlinks in Documents
As with links on a web page, links in a document must have alt-text. However, there is a major ‘gotcha’ which I’ll explain a little latter in this post. Let’s begin though by looking at what are some of the … Read the rest
New YouTube Videos for the 2018-19 school year
New Code of Student Conduct videos highlight important reminders for students in the new school year
Aug. 3, 2018 – As hundreds of thousands of students in Orange County Public Schools head back to class, Monday, Aug. 13, the district … Read the rest
Use External Link Pages Wisely
Using a whole content page to link to another site:
In this first case, another site could be another OCPS site other than your own, or it could be a site outside of OCPS. An example might be a reference … Read the rest
To Hide Section or to Hide Selection, That is the Question
When you open Page Status (under the Page Options menu), you see all the active child pages beneath the current page. Of course this is only one level down. So see the page under any child page, you have to … Read the rest
Links to District Provided Policy Documents
As part of my summer Getting Ready for the New School Year series, this post looks at some common policy documents provided and maintained by the district offices. You should always point to these documents for any policy references.
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Does Your School Use Social Media?
Does your school use social media to communicate instantly with people following your school, especially parents? If so, do you know that you can easily make links to your social media sites available at both the top and the bottom … Read the rest
Annotating Images
At a recent Open Lab, the question came up as to why we cannot add captions at the bottoms of all images. Perhaps they are thinking about captions that appear beneath images in many books and magazines. Or perhaps they … Read the rest
Parent Guide and Student Code of Conduct
This blog is primarily oriented to school sites but even non school site admins and authors can perhaps learn something about using External Links.
We have spot checked school sites and determined that while many have pointed their links for … Read the rest