Best Practices for Subject/Course/General LibGuides at USF

Guide Description

• Don't feel obligated to use this field.
• ​If you choose to use it, please make sure the description isn't redundant with the guide's title.

Design

• A 2 column design (left 209, Center 758, Right 0) is recommended.
• If you wish to use 3 column design, do so with care and caution, as users tend to focus on the top and left side of the screen

Navigation

• Libguides may vary in look and feel. The two most commonly used layout styles are:
  • Tabs Layout Style: System Default: Tab Layout
  • Sidebar Navigation Layout: System Default  
• The side Navigation layout is recommended for all USF Libraries guides
• If your guide contains sub-pages, select the option to show sub-pages.  They will show up better in side-navigation than in standard tab layout.
• Consider using less than 10 tabs per guide.
• Tab titles should be short, normally only one line across.

Do not make copies of guides as a shortcut to guide creation, as copying will create duplicate assets in the assets database (see Links and Assets)