Lessons from our 2025/26 Student Usability Panel

30 Apr 2026

Over the past year, McGill’s Student Usability Panel continued to play a key role in helping us understand how students truly experience McGill’s digital environment.

Be an accessibility hero with new Editoria11y features

14 Jan 2026

"Like spellcheck for accessibility": Editoria11y is now live in the new WMS, complete with exciting new features.

Accessible images make alt the difference

16 Sep 2025

Everyone needs to be able to use McGill websites, including people with visual impairment. That means every image you use needs a text description—also known as alternative (or alt) text.

“Read More” about what? Why link context matters

21 Aug 2025

Clarity is key when creating content for the web, yet vague link phrases such as “read more” or “learn more” remain common across websites and newsletters. While they may seem harmless, they create...

How we can make our digital spaces more accessible: Advice from an expert

12 Aug 2025

We had the recent pleasure of welcoming Lucy Greco—renowned digital accessibility expert, advocate, and trailblazer—for an engaging session on creating accessible digital content. Co-hosted by the...

Watch your language! Use plain language to create better websites

13 Jan 2023

McGill's websites must be accessible to all audiences. Our provincial government has made this a requirement. It's also simply the right thing to do....

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