Content Improvement Club

A regular meetup for anyone who publishes web content at the University to share good practice and learn about content design.

About this meetup

This is a monthly session run by the User Experience Service.

It's for anyone who publishes web content at the University. That includes publishing to:

  • University websites, whether they run on EdWeb or another platform
  • internal websites such as SharePoint
  • virtual learning environments such as Learn

We usually alternate between online and in-person sessions. Online sessions are not typically recorded.

The aim of these meetups is to share good practice and learn about content design. When you sign up, we'll invite you to submit a page from your site that you'd like to work on with others in the session. You can still attend if you don't want to submit a page.

You can read about previous sessions on our blog:

Content Improvement Club blog posts

We’re also interested to hear your suggestions for topics we could cover in future sessions:

Suggest a topic for Content Improvement Club (University login required) 

Upcoming sessions

How to improve the user experience of videos and images

Date: Wednesday 23 September 2026

Time: 2pm to 3:30pm

Place: In person at Edinburgh Futures Institute (EFI)

Book a place (University login required)

Have you ever wondered how users interact with videos on your website, or questioned the impact of the images you're using?

From recent intern research projects in the User Experience Service, we’ve learnt that users interact with videos in ways you might not expect. We've also learnt about the benefits of being mindful of how and when we use images.

In this session, we will:

  • discuss the purpose, sustainability and accessibility of media on websites
  • share research findings about media use from recent internships
  • provide practical advice on how to improve the usability of your media

You'll have a chance to discuss these points with other publishers and share common challenges. There will also be time for practical activities to help you apply what you've learnt to your own websites.

These sessions are delivered by the User Experience Service. They’re for anyone who publishes web content at the University, whether that’s on a departmental website or on an intranet site.

For the avoidance of doubt, the session will not focus on lecture recordings, online courses or educational media.

You can hear about future sessions by signing up to our mailing list.

Sign up to the User Experience and Content Design mailing list (University login required)

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