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Re: Scalable or Responsive and why

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From: Swift, Daniel P.
Date: Oct 8, 2020 12:48PM

Going responsive makes obvious sense to me. The trend now is consuming content wherever you are and mobile devices aren't going anywhere ... I believe that this is a bridge that you will need to cross eventually. Up until about a year or 2 ago, our LMS was not mobile friendly at all and students were far from happy.

Do you have analytics on how your content is accessed? If possible, you can use that to make your argument.

Good luck!

Daniel Swift, MBA
Senior Web Specialist
University Communications and Marketing
West Chester University
610.738.0589

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From: WebAIM-Forum < <EMAIL REMOVED> > On Behalf Of Szaj, Julie
Sent: Thursday, October 8, 2020 2:09 PM
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Subject: [WebAIM] Scalable or Responsive and why

Hello Everyone,

There is discussion happening at my university regarding whether it is okay to create online training content that is scalable instead of responsive. I believe they should be responsive because they are more accessible. Arguments for scalable are they are faster to create, thus cheaper for the client, and are "less frustrating" for the content creators. I would love to hear your honest thoughts.

Julie

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