{"id":17,"date":"2022-03-16T21:47:00","date_gmt":"2022-03-16T21:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/redesign-dev\/?p=17"},"modified":"2025-04-01T06:03:05","modified_gmt":"2025-04-01T13:03:05","slug":"content-validation-and-style-guide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/redesign\/2022\/03\/16\/content-validation-and-style-guide\/","title":{"rendered":"Content Validation and Style Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"block-wrapper alignstandard\">\n<p>As you may know, the Bellevue College website&nbsp;redesign&nbsp;project is well underway. The goal is to improve both the way our website looks and functions. The website is our most important marketing tool for prospective and current students, so we need to improve our searchability and accessibility to stay competitive and highlight all that BC has to offer.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"block-wrapper alignstandard\">\n<p>While a tentative release has been set has been set for no later than Winter 2023, we wanted to let you know well in advance to help ease the transition. We will continue to send periodic\u00a0updates along the way, with increasing frequency as we get closer to the release.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"block-wrapper alignstandard\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What We\u2019ve Done<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"block-wrapper alignstandard\">\n<p>As mentioned in previous\u00a0updates, much of the work conducted by our core team isn\u2019t necessarily visible due to its technical nature. Some of this work includes:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"block-wrapper alignstandard\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The ongoing review of existing pages<\/li><li>The production of sitemap and wireframes: elements that inform the overall structures, relationships, and priorities of websites<\/li><li>Updates to BC Pathways<\/li><li>A content migration strategy (identifying how existing data and elements will make their way to the new site)<\/li><\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"block-wrapper alignstandard\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What We\u2019re Working On<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"block-wrapper alignstandard\">\n<p>Our\u00a0redesign\u00a0partner and core team have been evaluating each subsite for consistency of content, design, accessibility, and community representation. BC students come from all walks of life, with a variety of needs: to earn a certificate or degree, to\u00a0update\u00a0a credential, to learn a specific skill or topic, or even to change careers altogether. Providing a path and resources for success is key to the online presence of any educational institution, and BC\u2019s proximity to technology compels us to make that experience a meaningful one.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"block-wrapper alignstandard\">\n<p>The&nbsp;redesign&nbsp;will include a comprehensive&nbsp;update&nbsp;to the web content style guide to help provide our web content creators with common standards for the production of copy and visual elements. It\u2019s not enough that we&nbsp;update&nbsp;the college\u2019s website to a more contemporary look and feel; the work needs to be sustained once published. These recommendations will help unify the website pages developed by our content creators. Look for training featuring the guide and other aspects of the website. They will be offered as work continues throughout the year.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"block-wrapper alignstandard\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Early Success! BC Pathways<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"block-wrapper alignstandard\">\n<p>The <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/academics\/bc-pathways\/\" target=\"_blank\">BC Pathways<\/a> site itself has experienced abundant success, tallying over 30,000 views since its July 2021 launch. The bounce rate of its homepage (or percentage of visitors who leave rather than continuing to other pages) is less than 10%, and the average time spent on each page is over 2 minutes. This is high praise in an era of faster bandwidth and shorter attention spans. We\u2019ve introduced a series of videos to accompany the Pathways site that help students identify areas of study and the courses necessary to achieve their career goals in a coherent fashion.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"block-wrapper alignstandard\">\n<p>Finally, this&nbsp;update&nbsp;wouldn\u2019t be complete without acknowledging the work provided by our advisory groups and stakeholders, notably our contributing faculty, our DRC and DEI constituents, the Student Success Council, and project co-sponsors Rebecca Chawgo and Rodger Harrison. Last, but not least, we\u2019d like to extend our deepest appreciation to Katherine Hall, whose insight and guidance had a major, positive impact on this project.<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As you may know, the Bellevue College website&nbsp;redesign&nbsp;project is well underway. The goal is to improve both the way our website looks and functions. The website is our most important&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2798,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[5,6,4],"class_list":["post-17","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-redesign","tag-website","tag-website-redesign"],"acf":{"summary":"Bellevue College is actively redesigning its website to enhance functionality, accessibility for students. Ongoing updates will be shared to ensure a smooth transition, with a launch set for no later than Winter quarter. Efforts are focused on ensuring consistency in content, design, and accessibility across subsites. 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