Safety Information

The Safety Information on atlantic.edu has been undergoing a redesign. The information found there has now been broken up into individual pages for more efficient reading and consumption. All pages are now linked via the sidebar on the Safety Information pages too, making it easy to navigate. A refreshed look also helps for a more inviting experience.

Users are now allowed to fill out a simple web form to report a crime in addition to contacting security through the phone, via a guard, or at the security desk.

There's also now a listing of various ways to follow safety alerts. Check them out and see which one's you might want to follow.

Many other improvements are also still being worked on, so check back often to see what additional features are added.

Google Web Elements

Google Web Elements makes it really easy to share Google products on the web.

For instance if you've created a Presentation or Spreadsheet in Google Docs, just paste the URL of the file and it gives you the code snippet to paste onto the web. The little display widget is pretty slick and easy for users to interact with.

It seems like a really cool way to share info, so if you have something created with your Google Apps account check it out.

ARIA Landmark Roles

atlantic.edu now include ARIA Landmark Roles to help improve the accessibility of the site. ARIA roles help to improve the the semantics of the sites layout.

For instance, if a user is depending on a screen reader to have our site read to him, they can much more easily navigate directly to the main content or the search box with the use of ARIA.

This is another way we are making our website more accessible as well as more semantically sound for our users.

Library

The library information commons has just been redesigned. The goal with the redesign was to make is easier to gain access to the great online services that our library offers.

The lengthy text has been replaced with easy to scan links to the most commonly used services. Each library location also has a page now detailing what specific offerings they have as well.

Be sure to visit and check out all the great services our library offers.