Documents

You can upload documents to EdWeb in a range of formats. It's important to make sure these are accessible.

If you need to offer document downloads, you can do so in a variety of formats.

Accessibility

Don't use document downloads in place of webpage content.

If you are using documents on your site, you need to make sure they're structured appropriately to make them usable and accessible.

File types

Allowed file types are:

• csv
• doc
• docx
• odt
• odg
• ods
• pdf
• ppt
• pptx
• rtf
• sxw
• txt
• xls
• xlsx

The displayed title is taken automatically from the asset store, and the file size is given automatically.

Examples

Web style guide (DOC) (453.1 KB Rich Text Format)

Writing for the Web training (PDF) (2.93 MB PDF)

Mobile usability research summary (Web Publishers' presentation March 2015) (PPTX) (1004.42 KB PowerPoint)

Document publisher

If you want to display your document within your web content, using a magazine-style format, you may want to use the University document publisher widget.

Document publisher widget

Practical guidance

Adding documents - EdWeb Support wiki [EASE login required]