When designing a site, course, page, or module, keep navigational elements that occur on multiple pages in the same spot on every page and make descriptive language the same for every occurrence. Structural elements such as tables and headers should be styled consistently throughout the site as much as possible. For example, if an instructor designs a home button for the class website, the home button should appear in the same place on every page.Another example: If directing users to an assignments page, use the same language every time. “Go to assignment one, go to assignment two, go to assignment three”. Stay away from language that uses different descriptions for the same item, “discussion, discussion forum, discussion post, assignment discussion”.
Success Criteria 3.2.4
A mechanism is provided to bypass blocks of content that are repeated on multiple web pages
Pages have titles that describe topic or purpose
Pages that are structured where the sequence of content affects the meaning are programatically structured
All hyperlinks describe where the link will take the user
Reading and navigation order is logical and meaningful
There are multiple ways of navigating a page, site, or course
Headings and labels descrive topic or purpose
Information about the user’s location within a set of pages is available
Section headings are used to organize content