{"id":8606,"date":"2024-11-15T12:14:30","date_gmt":"2024-11-15T17:14:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quad.bates.edu\/announcements-dashboard\/?page_id=8606"},"modified":"2024-11-15T12:14:30","modified_gmt":"2024-11-15T17:14:30","slug":"publicity-suggestions","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/quad.bates.edu\/announcements-dashboard\/publicity-suggestions\/","title":{"rendered":"Publicity Suggestions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Timing<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>When possible, post an event no more than three times &#8211; once when the first announcement is ready, another several days before and a last one the day before or the day of the event.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Submitting too often will turn off readers.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The deadline submission for the next day&#8217;s issue is 4:00pm.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Dates and Deadlines<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>Bates Now<\/em> isn&#8217;t just for events! Use the &#8220;Reminders for Events\/Deadlines&#8221; section of the &#8220;Create an Announcement&#8221; page to alert faculty and staff to upcoming dates and deadlines. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Graphics<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Images submitted with announcements should be formatted as a square, with recommended dimensions of 300 pixels by 300 pixels.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Don&#8217;t include text in images or limit it as much as possible. Text may be too small to read.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Don&#8217;t include an event poster as a graphic. It will likely include too much information that won&#8217;t be able to be read in the smaller graphic space of <em>Bates Now<\/em>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Be sure you have the permission to share any photographs.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Accessibility<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Readers may be utilizing a screen reader or other assistive device, and such devices generally can&#8217;t read the text included <em>on<\/em> the pictures. It is best practice for digital accessibility to add the who\/what\/when\/where vital information in text near the graphic.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Add &#8220;Alt text&#8221; when uploading a graphic where possible.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Some are color-blind so don&#8217;t rely solely on color to convey information and use contrast between colors when possible. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>For questions, reach out to <a href=\"askbatesnow@bates.edu\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"askbatesnow@bates.edu\">askbatesnow<\/a>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Timing Dates and Deadlines Graphics Accessibility For questions, reach out to askbatesnow!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_hide_ai_chatbot":false,"_ai_chatbot_style":"","_Page_Specific_Css":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-8606","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/quad.bates.edu\/announcements-dashboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8606","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/quad.bates.edu\/announcements-dashboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/quad.bates.edu\/announcements-dashboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quad.bates.edu\/announcements-dashboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/39"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quad.bates.edu\/announcements-dashboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8606"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/quad.bates.edu\/announcements-dashboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8606\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8607,"href":"https:\/\/quad.bates.edu\/announcements-dashboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8606\/revisions\/8607"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/quad.bates.edu\/announcements-dashboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8606"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}