{"id":353,"date":"2017-08-28T17:41:14","date_gmt":"2017-08-28T17:41:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-oerguide\/chapter\/organizing-content\/"},"modified":"2017-09-05T19:44:47","modified_gmt":"2017-09-05T19:44:47","slug":"organizing-content","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-oerguide\/chapter\/organizing-content\/","title":{"raw":"Organizing Content","rendered":"Organizing Content"},"content":{"raw":"Organizing content so it has a logical flow just makes sense.\u00a0Using chapters, headings, and subheadings to organize content allows students to clearly see how the main concepts are related. Headings are one of the main ways that students using a screen reader navigate through a chapter.\r\n<div class=\"textbox learning-objectives\">\r\n<h3>Who\u00a0Are You Doing This For?<\/h3>\r\nEveryone benefits from having content that's clearly organized. In addition,\u00a0well-organized content supports students who:\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Have a learning disability, for example like <a href=\"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-oerguide\/chapter\/using-personas#Ann\">Ann<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li>Are blind or have low vision, for example like <a href=\"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-oerguide\/chapter\/using-personas#Jacob\">Jacob<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_453\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"500\"]<a href=\"http:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/accessibilitytoolkit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/94\/2015\/02\/persona2.jpg\"><img class=\"wp-image-453\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2213\/2017\/08\/28174107\/persona2.jpg\" alt=\"Profile of Anne\" width=\"500\" height=\"307\" \/><\/a> Image of Ann, original Artwork by BCcampus[\/caption]\r\n\r\nAnn: \"This allows me to go back and easily find the important points.\"\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_117\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"500\"]<a href=\"http:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/accessibilitytoolkit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/94\/2015\/02\/Jacob.jpg\"><img class=\"wp-image-117\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2213\/2017\/08\/28174055\/Jacob.jpg\" alt=\"Image from Horton, Sarah; Quesenbery, Whitney. 2014. A Web for Everyone. New York: Rosenfeld Media. rosenfeldmedia.com\/books\/a-web-for-everyone\/\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a> Image from Horton, Sarah; Quesenbery, Whitney. 2014. <em>A Web for Everyone<\/em>. New York: Rosenfeld Media. rosenfeldmedia.com\/books\/a-web-for-everyone\/[\/caption]\r\n\r\nJacob: \"This gives me more control in navigating through the chapter. I can skip to the relevant section, instead of having to read the whole thing in a liner fashion.\"\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<h1>What Do You Need to Do?<\/h1>\r\nHeadings help to identify the hierarchical structure of a document (e.g., sections, sub-sections). Headings provide a visual cue that helps sighted readers quickly navigate through sections of a document, skimming through content until they find a section they are looking for. Similarly, headings create logical divisions in the content and allow a non-sighted user to navigate a page or document easily using a screen reader.\r\n\r\nWhen it comes to using visual references to indicate the hierarchy and structure of a document, you may be accustomed to just changing the font, enlarging the type size, making it bold or underlined or italicized, creating the impression of a heading. This approach presents problems when creating material with accessibility in mind because screen readers won\u2019t identify the text as a heading.\u00a0Instead, a screen reader will just \"read\" through the text of a heading as if it were part of another paragraph of content,\u00a0 missing your intended cues about structure and organization.\r\n\r\n<strong>To\u00a0create effective, accessible headings:<\/strong>\u00a0In Pressbooks use <a href=\"http:\/\/en.support.wordpress.com\/visual-editor\/#styles\">styles in the visual editor<\/a> to tag sections\u00a0with Heading 1, sub-sections\u00a0with Heading 2, and sub-sections of sub-sections with Heading 3.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_383\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"211\"]<a href=\"http:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/accessibilitytoolkit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/94\/2015\/02\/Screen-Shot-2015-02-20-at-8.59.58-AM.png\"><img class=\"wp-image-383 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2213\/2017\/08\/28174114\/Screen-Shot-2015-02-20-at-8.59.58-AM.png\" alt=\"Heading Examples from Pressbooks Visual Style Editor.\" width=\"211\" height=\"337\" \/><\/a> Heading examples from Pressbooks Visual Style Editor.[\/caption]","rendered":"<p>Organizing content so it has a logical flow just makes sense.\u00a0Using chapters, headings, and subheadings to organize content allows students to clearly see how the main concepts are related. Headings are one of the main ways that students using a screen reader navigate through a chapter.<\/p>\n<div class=\"textbox learning-objectives\">\n<h3>Who\u00a0Are You Doing This For?<\/h3>\n<p>Everyone benefits from having content that&#8217;s clearly organized. In addition,\u00a0well-organized content supports students who:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Have a learning disability, for example like <a href=\"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-oerguide\/chapter\/using-personas#Ann\">Ann<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Are blind or have low vision, for example like <a href=\"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-oerguide\/chapter\/using-personas#Jacob\">Jacob<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_453\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/accessibilitytoolkit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/94\/2015\/02\/persona2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-453\" class=\"wp-image-453\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2213\/2017\/08\/28174107\/persona2.jpg\" alt=\"Profile of Anne\" width=\"500\" height=\"307\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-453\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image of Ann, original Artwork by BCcampus<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Ann: &#8220;This allows me to go back and easily find the important points.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_117\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/accessibilitytoolkit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/94\/2015\/02\/Jacob.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-117\" class=\"wp-image-117\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2213\/2017\/08\/28174055\/Jacob.jpg\" alt=\"Image from Horton, Sarah; Quesenbery, Whitney. 2014. A Web for Everyone. New York: Rosenfeld Media. rosenfeldmedia.com\/books\/a-web-for-everyone\/\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-117\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image from Horton, Sarah; Quesenbery, Whitney. 2014. <em>A Web for Everyone<\/em>. New York: Rosenfeld Media. rosenfeldmedia.com\/books\/a-web-for-everyone\/<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Jacob: &#8220;This gives me more control in navigating through the chapter. I can skip to the relevant section, instead of having to read the whole thing in a liner fashion.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1>What Do You Need to Do?<\/h1>\n<p>Headings help to identify the hierarchical structure of a document (e.g., sections, sub-sections). Headings provide a visual cue that helps sighted readers quickly navigate through sections of a document, skimming through content until they find a section they are looking for. Similarly, headings create logical divisions in the content and allow a non-sighted user to navigate a page or document easily using a screen reader.<\/p>\n<p>When it comes to using visual references to indicate the hierarchy and structure of a document, you may be accustomed to just changing the font, enlarging the type size, making it bold or underlined or italicized, creating the impression of a heading. This approach presents problems when creating material with accessibility in mind because screen readers won\u2019t identify the text as a heading.\u00a0Instead, a screen reader will just &#8220;read&#8221; through the text of a heading as if it were part of another paragraph of content,\u00a0 missing your intended cues about structure and organization.<\/p>\n<p><strong>To\u00a0create effective, accessible headings:<\/strong>\u00a0In Pressbooks use <a href=\"http:\/\/en.support.wordpress.com\/visual-editor\/#styles\">styles in the visual editor<\/a> to tag sections\u00a0with Heading 1, sub-sections\u00a0with Heading 2, and sub-sections of sub-sections with Heading 3.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_383\" style=\"width: 221px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/accessibilitytoolkit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/94\/2015\/02\/Screen-Shot-2015-02-20-at-8.59.58-AM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-383\" class=\"wp-image-383 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2213\/2017\/08\/28174114\/Screen-Shot-2015-02-20-at-8.59.58-AM.png\" alt=\"Heading Examples from Pressbooks Visual Style Editor.\" width=\"211\" height=\"337\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-383\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Heading examples from Pressbooks Visual Style Editor.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t <section class=\"citations-section\" role=\"contentinfo\">\n\t\t\t <h3>Candela Citations<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t <div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t <div id=\"citation-list-353\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t <div class=\"licensing\"><div class=\"license-attribution-dropdown-subheading\">CC licensed content, Shared previously<\/div><ul class=\"citation-list\"><li>BC Open Textbook Accessibility Toolkit. <strong>Authored by<\/strong>: Amanda Coolidge, Sue Doner, and Tara Robertson. <strong>Provided by<\/strong>: BCCampus. <strong>Located at<\/strong>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/accessibilitytoolkit\/\">https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/accessibilitytoolkit\/<\/a>. <strong>License<\/strong>: <em><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"license\" href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\/\">CC BY: Attribution<\/a><\/em><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t <\/div>\n\t\t\t <\/section>","protected":false},"author":311,"menu_order":4,"template":"","meta":{"_candela_citation":"[{\"type\":\"cc\",\"description\":\"BC Open Textbook Accessibility Toolkit\",\"author\":\"Amanda Coolidge, Sue Doner, and Tara Robertson\",\"organization\":\"BCCampus\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/accessibilitytoolkit\/\",\"project\":\"\",\"license\":\"cc-by\",\"license_terms\":\"\"}]","CANDELA_OUTCOMES_GUID":"","pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-353","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"part":168,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-oerguide\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/353","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-oerguide\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-oerguide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-oerguide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/311"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-oerguide\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/353\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":406,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-oerguide\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/353\/revisions\/406"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-oerguide\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/168"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-oerguide\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/353\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-oerguide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=353"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-oerguide\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=353"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-oerguide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=353"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-oerguide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=353"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}