Henry Alvord | University of Maryland

Samuel Jones | University of Maryland

John Colby | University of Maryland

John Scott | University of Maryland

Wilson Elkins | University of Maryland

Albert Woods | University of Maryland

Every page should have a clearly defined heading, known as a "H1" (Heading 1).

A `H1` is the main heading of the page. It helps accessibility by allowing uses to
skip to the main content of the page. It helps all users identify what the page is about. 
It helps SEO by giving special emphasis to the topic of the page.

It is not enough to simply include large text. Headings must be coded 
[semantically](https://html.com/semantic-markup/) as `<h1>` tags, like so:

```html
<h1>This is a heading</h1>
```

Note that headings must contain some machine readable text to be considered valid. 
For example, this heading is not valid:

```html
<h1>
    <img src="company-logo.png">
</h1>
``` 

But with the addition of `alt` text, this heading is valid:

```html
<h1>
    <img src="company-logo.png" alt="About Company Inc.">
</h1>
``` 

Generally we recommend you just use plain text for your headings.
See [Technique H42](https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20-TECHS/H42) for more details.

missing-h1

July 2025

June 2025

University of Maryland

Title / URL	Issues
Henry Alvord \| University of Marylandumd.edu/people/henry-e-alvord	1
Samuel Jones \| University of Marylandumd.edu/people/samuel-jones	1
John Colby \| University of Marylandumd.edu/people/john-m-colby	1
John Scott \| University of Marylandumd.edu/people/john-work-scott	1
Wilson Elkins \| University of Marylandumd.edu/people/wilson-homer-elkins	1
Albert Woods \| University of Marylandumd.edu/people/albert-f-woods	1

Ensure every page contains a top-level heading

University of Maryland

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