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As part of the University of Illinois Springfield’s ongoing commitment to digital accessibility and compliance, the UIS Web Team has begun distributing weekly accessibility reports to campus units through Siteimprove.
These reports are a key tool in helping units identify, prioritize, and address accessibility issues on their websites as we work toward meeting the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) accessibility compliance deadline of April 2026.
The UIS Web Team is excited to share that we are actively working on a comprehensive redesign of the University of Illinois Springfield website, with an anticipated launch in Fall 2026. This redesign represents a major investment in improving the usability, accessibility, and overall experience of the UIS web presence for students, faculty, staff, and the broader community.
The Office of Web & Digital Strategy is collecting feedback to guide the upcoming redesign of the uis.edu website. We’d like your perspective on what’s working well and what could be improved. Your input will help us better understand common challenges and positive experiences across campus. Your feedback will directly inform our redesign process as we work toward a Summer 2026 launch of the new site.
Why We’re Standardizing Menu Terminology
Inconsistent menus — where different parts of a site use different labels for the same content — can confuse users, slow down navigation, and undermine trust in the site. That’s why we’re launching an effort to standardize menu terminology and structure across all units.
Simplified, predictable menu labels and consistent structure help ensure that:
New Website Features
You spoke and we listened! The web team has added some new features and blocks based on feedback and requests.
Image card with descriptions block
There is now Image Cards with a description that can be used to add more visual elements through the editor.
Web Editor Training Video
Web Stats FY25
Overall Traffic — Views & Users
FY23 to FY25.
Web Impact
The Office of Web & Digital Strategy has achieved several key initiatives across the uis.edu website and mobile app, enhancing the overall experience for both visitors and content editors. These improvements have strengthened accessibility, usability, transparency, and the findability of information. View our FY25 website stats for details on site performance.
Menu Terminology
Consistency in menu and navigation terminology ensures a clear, accessible experience for all users. To support this, UIS has developed a standard set of menu labels.
The Office of Web and Digital Strategy has launched new department/term content blocks and new card blocks to provide additional options for editors to use, without requiring custom code!
Department & Term Content Blocks
Department content blocks include feeds for Programs of Study, News, Events, Directory, Featured Profiles, Resources, Research and FAQs. This allows these feeds to added within the gutenberg editor and moved anywhere within the page content.