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Why a Free CMS Isn’t Ideal for School & District Websites

Gaggle Speaks

There are a lot of free content management systems (CMS) out there: Drupal, WordPress, Joomla, Google Sites, and that’s just scratching the surface. The CMS you’re looking at might be free, but you could be required to pay for the components you need to build the final product you have in mind. It’s a fair question.

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How our district navigated ADA website compliance

eSchool News

Fortunately, we were already working with a content management system (CMS) provider, Edlio , to update our website. They explained that ADA compliance is based on the Web Content Accessibility Standards (WCAG), which includes multiple levels of accessibility, and helped us to understand and meet the guidelines to achieve WCAG 2.1

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8 ways to improve your school or district website

eSchool News

content accessibility guidelines for ADA, making it harder for visitors with disabilities to get the information they need – and (worse yet) inviting potential lawsuits. This is where a CMS can help. CMS providers can also equip your website with the ability to scale up or down to meet web traffic needs. or the extended WCAG 2.1

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?A Playbook to Go Open: 5 Steps to Adopting OER

Edsurge

With few (if any) guidelines to identify and implement high-quality learning content, educators are in need of processes to guide digital content curation to both save time and maximize the impact of their efforts. Consider developing a rubric for educators to vet the resources they select, like this one from Knovation.

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Exploring Learner Profiles: Resources, Examples, and Questions to Consider

EdTechTeacher

This tool developed by ReSchool Colorado provides practical resources, strategies, and guidelines to help educators build personalized learning profiles across age spans. CMS Learns (Visual). Learning Profile Grid (ReSchool Colorado). Otus Student Performance / Learning Profile Platform ( Video 1 , Video 2 ).

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Colleges Face Investigations Over Whether Their Use of Social Media Follows Accessibility Regulations

Edsurge

Institutions should grant authority and responsibility for coordinating technology accessibility efforts among communications and IT staff to an executive-level leader, says Jay Cooper, content strategist for Campus Suite, a CMS provider for schools and colleges that has created an online website accessibility center. “At