Digisigns

LWTech's display monitors, also known as Digisigns, are located throughout the Kirkland campus. Departments and programs may request a Digisign to be posted to any or all monitors for a specific period of time. All Digisign requests must be submitted using Digisign request form online.

Guidelines and Templates

Templates are available in Microsoft PowerPoint. There are two types of templates available. For each type there are two variations of the template available. Please be sure to read the Comments inserted in the PowerPoint for instructions on how to use the templates.

Submission Guidelines

Instructions

Choose to use the provided templates (below), make your own, or if Marketing will create one for you.
Fill out the online Digisign Submission form, indicating your decision from step 1.

Deadline

Please plan ahead!

All digisign submissions are due by Thursday end of business day.

All Digisigns are deployed weekly, on Fridays.
If the Digisign is submitted on a Friday then it will be deployed the following Friday.

Holidays

If Friday is a holiday, digisigns will be deployed the previous business day, in which case submissions are due the second to last business day of that week.

For questions, please contact the Website and Digital Content Specialist.

General Template Guidelines

Digisign slide design must adhere to the basic brand guide and be accessibility compliant. Below is a basic summary to help with meeting these guidelines. Please refer to logo, font type, color palette, accessibility guideline pages for further details.

Font Type

Not everyone has the preferred typeface installed on their computers. Fallback fonts are provided as alternatives. Do not use serif fonts (i.e. Times Roman).

Preferred Typeface

Futura Std

Better Typeface

Myriad Pro

Acceptable Typeface

Arial font family

Colors

Contrast

An important aspect of color for digital mediums for both low vision and colorblind users is sufficient contrast between foreground (text or graphics) and the background.

You can use the online tools to check your color contrast ratios. Color contrast ratios must meet the WCAG AA minimum requirements.

Check Color Contrast (WebAIM)