Layout

  • Use uncluttered, simple screen layout
  • Use consistent navigation and design on every page
  • Justify the text only on the left. Use ragged edge right-hand margins
  • Use wide margins
  • Use more space between lines (1.5 to 2 times line spacing)
  • Don’t split words at the end of the line
  • Avoid the presentation of text in many columns. Use a 1 column (or max 2 columns with graphics) layout with generous margins on each side
  • Do not present information as a brochure or other presentation formats that do not read like a standard book
  • Avoid or minimize automatic and vertical scrolling. Students may not read at the same rate as scrolling feature
  • Avoid the horizontal scrolling of the text
  • Limit the use of background images
  • Never use shading
  • Avoid the use of page frames
  • Avoid background audio sound