User Experience and Design Guide from Stanford Web Services
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Our team of web professionals at SWS have created this guide to help you define your project requirements, conduct research and design and develop your site.
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Research
Templates, resources, and links to inform your UX work and improve your teams understanding.
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Accessibility
Tools, checklists, and resources for integrating accessibility best practices into your design process.
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UX Design
Tools, resources, and methods to help make your services intuitive and efficient for your users.
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Visual Design
A collection of links to the Stanford Identity guide, Decanter design system, templates, and visual design tips for your website.
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Writing for the web
Write and organize your content to make it easy to understand and actionable for your users.
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Minimum UX Requirements for SRP
Processes to receive usability approval for a University IT product or service in the Service Release Process (SRP)
About the SWS Designers
The designers at Stanford Web Services are made up of UX researchers and UX/UI designers who partner with groups across Stanford to create websites and web-apps for external and internal audiences.
Our Design Principles
We believe in following a set of guiding principles to ensure that our design strategy aligns with our values and commitment to serving the Stanford community. These principles are foundational in the way we approach design and user experience.
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