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Lessons from the 2021 Federal Plain Language Report Card —What we learned from examples of web content that received both high and low scores.
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Lessons from the 2021 Federal Plain Language Report Card
During the Digital.gov and Plain Language Community event, Results of the 2021 Federal Report Card, speaker David Lipscomb gave examples of web content that received both high and low scores in the 2021 Plain Language Report Card. Here’s what we learned.
User Experience
How Testing Your Documents Can Improve Plain Language Compliance
Come work with Dr. Ginny Redish and learn three techniques for quick, easy ways to test documents’ usability.
Plain Language
Plain Language: Accessibility for Content
Learn what the plain language and accessibility communities share: opportunities to help people get and understand information. Find out what you can do to help.
Video
Virtual Teaching: Plain Language
Come and learn how to keep students engaged and focused during an online class.
Plain Language Report Card
2020 Federal Report Card Briefing
David Lipscomb will review the results of the 2020 Federal Report Card
Plain Language
Plain Language Basics: Online Workshop
Take this three-hour online workshop to learn how to write and edit in plain language.
Plain Language
Plain Language Basics: Online Workshop
Take this three-hour online workshop to learn how to write and edit in plain language.
Plain Language
Federal Report Card Update
Learn how the Center for Plain Language is approaching the Federal Report Card and what agencies can do to get top grades.
Accessibility
The Intersection Between Plain Language and 508 Compliance
We’ll discuss how plain language intersects with 508 compliance requirements to make federal electronic documents and information technology accessible to people with disabilities.
Video
Principles of Speaking Plainly
This seminar adapts principles of plain language to the context of speaking, covering not only wording but also structure and integration with visual aids.
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Managing Your Plain Language Career
We’ll discuss how to document and publicize your formal and informal plain language work — teaching, training, reviewing, or copyediting.
