{"id":21413,"date":"2026-07-10T08:16:01","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T12:16:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/webaccessibility\/?page_id=21413"},"modified":"2026-07-10T10:12:42","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T14:12:42","slug":"make-information-as-succinct-as-possible","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/webaccessibility\/make-information-as-succinct-as-possible\/","title":{"rendered":"Make information as succinct as possible"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        Make information as succinct as possible\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"accessibility\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Accessibility<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Content that is short, succinct, and well structured is a great way to insure users can access it easily.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"reason\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Reason<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Text that is long and dense is off-putting and sometimes impossible to access for many users. this includes many people who do not consider themselves as someone with a disability.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>For instance, a user who has been multiple sites\/pages looking for info might be tired. they may also have better examples of sites to compare content to. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>This means someone might come from, for example, a site at uOttawa which had more streamlined textual info and simply shut down if they come to a Carleton site with dense, disorganized content.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"best-practice\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Best practice<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/webaccessibility\/a-page-must-have-a-proper-hierarchy\/\" type=\"page\" id=\"20917\">Remember that organization is also key<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Write short, straight-forward sentences, in brief paragraphs. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Use the pyramidal approach &#8211; place the most important information you need to convey in the first sentences of the first paragraph. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Use unordered\/ordered lists appropriately where possible<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sometimes a page has to include much info. <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cutheme-docs\/block-library\/design-blocks\/table-of-contents-block\/\">Employ the table of contents feature<\/a> if you have a long page.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"example-of-less-accessible-practices\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Example of less accessible practices<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Obviously the inverse practices make content inaccessible. So avoid dense and verbose text, on long and unorganized pages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"additional-benefits\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Additional benefits<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong class=\"myprefix-text-bold\">Usability<\/strong>: This features helps users quickly scan a page for content they need.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong class=\"myprefix-text-bold\">SEO<\/strong>: Google and other search engines place a huge emphasis on pages with proper headings and hierarchy to prioritize pages in their rankings.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong class=\"myprefix-text-bold\">Marketing<\/strong>: If people can find content quickly and easily there is more chance they will apply to Carleton or use the university&#8217;s services.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"what-wcag-says\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">What WCAG says<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/WCAG20-TECHS\/G153\">WCAG speaks about how to make text easier to read<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(Be sure to <a href=\"https:\/\/app.pope.tech\/result-documentation\">learn more about errors and alerts<\/a>.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From WCAG:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Users with disabilities that make it difficult to decode words and sentences are likely to have trouble reading and understanding complex text.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.w3.org\/WAI\/WCAG21\/Understanding\/section-headings\">Learn more about WCAG says about this issue<\/a> (and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/WCAG20-TECHS\/G153#G153-description\">view their great checklist for best practice<\/a> on for simpler text.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Page hierarchy creates a way a page can be read by a screen reader, or by a user who scans the page visually. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":21242,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_cu_dining_location_slug":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"cu_page_type":[18,14,21],"class_list":["post-21413","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","cu_page_type-accessibility","cu_page_type-general","cu_page_type-page-organization"],"acf":{"cu_post_thumbnail":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/webaccessibility\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/21413","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/webaccessibility\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/webaccessibility\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/webaccessibility\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/webaccessibility\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21413"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/webaccessibility\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/21413\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21419,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/webaccessibility\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/21413\/revisions\/21419"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/webaccessibility\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21242"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/webaccessibility\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21413"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"cu_page_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/webaccessibility\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_page_type?post=21413"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}