USM Center for Academic Innovation

Home - USM

Office of Academic and Student Affairs Staff - USM

Facilities Operations - USM

Chancellor Perman's Newsletters - USM

Degree Programs - USM

Tuitfees - USM

First time visit: View without clicking anything

In-the-news - USM

The purpose of a link should be clear from the text inside the link. Links like "learn more" are
not helpful to users with assistive technology.

Links should also avoid redundantly saying that they are links, e.g. "link to page" as screen
readers will read these out with the word "link" added, e.g. "link link to page".

Exceptions to these rules are allowed where the purpose of a link would be ambiguous to users 
in general.

link-purpose-a

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Title / URL	Issues
USM Center for Academic Innovationwww.usmd.edu/cai/	8
Home - USMwww.usmd.edu/usm/faqs/	5
Office of Academic and Student Affairs Staff - USMwww.usmd.edu/usm/academicaffairs/acastaff	1
Facilities Operations - USMwww.usmd.edu/usm/adminfinance/building/	1
Chancellor Perman's Newsletters - USMwww.usmd.edu/usm/chancellor/newsletters	1
Degree Programs - USMwww.usmd.edu/usm/admissions/	1
Tuitfees - USMwww.usmd.edu/usm/adminfinance/budget/tuitfees	1
First time visit: View without clicking anythingwww.usmd.edu/	1
In-the-news - USMwww.usmd.edu/usm/chancellor/in-the-news	1
Home - USMwww.usmd.edu/usm/workgroups/diversity/	1

Ensure links explain their purpose

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