Create Better Experiences for All Students Using Cascade CMS
By Patrice Meadows — Feb 8, 2018 11:00 AM
The need to tailor marketing campaigns and messages to specific audiences isn’t new, but it can be difficult without the right tools. Lucky for you, Cascade CMS includes various features to help you deliver better experiences for all of
Here are three ways you can use Cascade CMS to create more meaningful experiences for various kinds of students.
Students with disabilities
Accessibility is essential, on and offline, not only because of the recent enforcement of web accessibility mandates but simply because it’s right. Nearly 1 in 5 Americans
Putting accessibility at the forefront of your digital strategy makes for better user experience overall. We’re committed to building tools and features that make creating and maintaining accessible websites easy and simple. Here are a couple of ways that Cascade CMS helps users spot accessibility issues.
- Built-in Accessibility Checker: reviews page content for WCAG 2.0 Level A, AA, and AAA compliance
- Siteimprove Plugin: brings Siteimprove Platform data into Cascade CMS so users can quickly fix accessibility issues as they add or update content
Non-traditional students
Most content on college sites is laser-focused on the needs of recent high school grads. While they’re certainly an important demographic, they’re not the only ones furthering their education.
Non-traditional students, those 25 and older seeking a post-secondary degree, are an underserved demographic with needs that marketers can address using
Several of our clients use our suite of products to facilitate customized digital experiences. Our friends at Cuyahoga Community College use buyer personas to tailor site content to visitor’s needs and interests. Three of the five main sections on their homepage speak directly to adult learners seeking either to enrich their knowledge with individual classes or further their career by enrolling in certificate or degree programs.
Students offline
So far we’ve covered how Cascade CMS helps teams improve students experiences online, but what happens when they’re not online? Much of how students perceive your organization is based on events that occur outside of your website.
Cascade CMS offers an incredible way to reach, communicate, and connect with them no matter where they are. Thanks to Cascade’s unique ability to publish site content in various formats, users can truly create once and publish strategically (COPS).
The COPS model allows teams to increase the ROI of content they produce. With Cascade CMS, teams can distribute information to any number of platforms throughout their ecosystem. With a few quick clicks, content can be pushed to digital signs, kiosks, mobile applications, or even wearable technologies. The options are endless.
Auburn University’s College of Science and Mathematics uses Cascade CMS to push messages to digital signs throughout their organization. In fact, Multimedia Specialist, Phillip Coxwell, shared how he used Cascade CMS to transform their outdated system with virtually no budget at 2017’s Cascade User Conference.
