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Guide: Editing Non-Governed Tabs

This document provides guidance for editing non-governed content in the Guide related to graduate degrees/majors, doctoral minors, graduate/professional certificates, and capstone certificates.

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How to Make Edits to Non-Governed Content 

Best Practices

  • Do not put governed content in non-governed tabs
    • Example: do not list requirements in the overview or funding tabs
  • Required shared content must be present in appropriate tabs

Overview Tab Format

Degrees/majors, doctoral minors, and graduate/professional certificates must have some content on this tab.

  • Type of content is at the discretion of the program.
    • Examples: Summary of field, Areas of research faculty focus, Named options available and links to Guide page (if applicable)
  • Named option pages must include: This is a named option in the (major name).
    • The major name should hyperlink to applicable Guide page.
    • Content after sentence is at the program's discretion.

Photos

Guide pages may have a photo at the top of each tab and thumbnail tile. To submit new photos, send to the Registrar's Office (guideeditor@office365.wisc.edu). The photo must meet the following requirements:

  • landscape orientation
  • high resolution (e.g., not pixelated at 100% view)
  • possible to crop to 960 pixels wide x 420 pixels tall without losing significant content (do not crop yourself)
  • colorful and interesting to view
  • alternative text

See to the accessible images and visualizations for guidance on how to write alternative text.

Funding Tab Format

Shared Content

Degree/major pages must begin with shared content. 

Image of funding shared content

Service-based pricing programs must include shared content from the Provost's Office. Content after this is at the program's discretion.

Image of non-pooled tuition shared content

Programs may include text after shared content with a header 3 and title of "Program Resources" or "Program Information". 

Professional Development Tab Format

Shared Content

To start, this tab must begin with shared content. Content after this is at the program's discretion.

Image of professional development shared content

Programs may include text after shared content with a header 3 and title of "Program Resources" or "Program Information".



Keywords:
non-governed, photos, overview, funding, professional development, people, contact 
Doc ID:
141172
Owned by:
Lorena K. in Graduate School
Created:
2024-08-14
Updated:
2025-06-24
Sites:
Graduate School