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Web Standards

Content for the Office of Head Start (OHS) is created by many organizations and individuals. Decisions made during content development affect our audience’s ability to find, understand, and use it. The Web and Communications Standards ensure consistent use of language, design, and styles across products, regardless of their authorship. Consistency in these matters is key to creating a unified voice for OHS, as well as complying with federal regulations. These choices are kept current using research into best practice and input from OHS and the National Training and Technical Assistance Centers Communications Workgroup, as well as evolving federal standards.

Photo Submissions in Box

Follow these quality, asset management, and metadata tagging standards for each photo, illustration, graphic, or logo uploaded into the HeadStart.gov Image Library in Box.

Analytics Tracking

Explore requirements around analytics tracking for Office of Head Start websites and mobile application.

Accessing Google Analytics

National Centers can access web analytics for all pages and associated content from the HeadStart.gov Google Analytics 4 (GA4) account. This account reflects the corresponding data via the HeadStart.gov Drupal–GA4 property. Learn more about accessing and reviewing data related to the HeadStart.gov's website traffic.

Video Interpretation

Follow these guidelines when planning video interpreting for presentations, conferences, events, or webinars. Review best practices for presentation coordinators, speakers, and interpreters. 

ACF and Partner Logos

Review an overview and find tips for using federal and partnership logos.

Video Specs

Follow these specifications when submitting video assets, including webinars and social media, to HSICC for processing.

Alt Text for Images

Learn about the requirement to include a alt text for all graphics and digital images and use a long description for charts and graphs.

Head Start Analytics Dashboards

Use these interactive tools created to describe traffic on HeadStart.gov and identify trends among its users. Learn about the common terms used for web analytics.

Audio and Podcast Specs

Explore audio and podcast specifications for the Early Childhood Learning and Knowledge Center (ECKLC) website. All media files need to follow Section 508 and captioning standards.

Page Elements

Explore page elements used on HeadStart.gov.

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