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Improving our Digital Channels

Dòigh-obrach Stèidhichte air Luchd-cleachdaidh mu Shusbaint Ghàidhlig

Mark Sproul , 12 November 2019 — Gaelic, User centered design, User research

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Content strategy: ensuring our information meets our values and strategic priorities

Mark Sproul , 30 October 2019 — Content design, Content strategy, Information architecture, User centered design

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First version of MSP section live on Beta website

Mark Sproul , 1 October 2019 — beta website, MSP Information, Top tasks approach, User centered design

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New Festival of Politics website is live

Mark Sproul , 11 September 2019 — Festival of Politics, Microsite rationalisation, User centered design

Festival of Politics Website Home Page
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Taking a User Centred Approach to Gaelic Content

Mark Sproul , 11 September 2019 — beta website, Gaelic, Top tasks approach

A screenshot of the Transport Scotland Bill summary translated into Gaelic
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Creating a consistent experience for people using Scottish Parliament websites

Mark Sproul , 19 July 2019 — Festival of Politics, Microsite rationalisation

Screenshot of the new Festival of Politics microsite

As the Scottish Parliament's web presence has grown over time, we have a selection of websites that all have a different look and feel. This can be confusing for people because we’re making them do the same thing in different ways.

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Working together to transform committee content – subject matter experts' views

Mark Sproul , 28 June 2019 — beta website, Content design, User centered design

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How we’re improving our new beta website

Mark Sproul , 18 June 2019 — beta improvements, Designs, User centered design

Homepage - after

This blog was written by Anne Walker

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How we make our content understandable

Mark Sproul , 27 March 2019 — Content design, User centered design

We’ve written about why we’ve used plain English on our new website. Here’s an overview of how we’ve made our content understandable and accessible. The main ways are by: Frontloading information This means putting the most important information and keywords …

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Making our information and web services open for everyone

Mark Sproul , 26 March 2019 — Content design, User centered design

Keeping it simple for our users is one of our design standards and this image explains that.

Here at the Parliament, we’re at the heart of politics and decision making in Scotland. Two of our key aims are to encourage more people to get involved in Parliament’s activities, and to make sure that anyone who wants to …

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