School Web Design Strategies, Inspiration and Tools
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From The Finalsite Blog
Dive into our library of blog posts of examples, strategies, tips and inspiration to help you improve your school's website.
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Risa Engel
As we start a new decade, are your school district’s communication efforts headed in the right direction? Here are three digital communication strategies schools should be thinking about in 2020.
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Keisha Croxton
Learn five simple ways you can increase your website's visibility to increase your website's overall accessibility.
![Oakham School website on a macbook]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1576784055/finalsite/absdfhbb1gh9jdh8t919/EndofYearBlogWrapUp.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1576784055/finalsite/absdfhbb1gh9jdh8t919/EndofYearBlogWrapUp.png","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1576784055/finalsite/absdfhbb1gh9jdh8t919/EndofYearBlogWrapUp.png","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1576784055/finalsite/absdfhbb1gh9jdh8t919/EndofYearBlogWrapUp.png","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1576784055/finalsite/absdfhbb1gh9jdh8t919/EndofYearBlogWrapUp.png","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1576784055/finalsite/absdfhbb1gh9jdh8t919/EndofYearBlogWrapUp.png","width":2000}])
Angelo Otterbein
Planning a new website or redesign in the new year?Check out this selection of recent custom and theme website launches for inspiration.
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Leah Mangold
Glean design inspiration from this year's award-winning school websites!
![2020 Design Trends Blog Header]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1575986416/finalsite/axcjqhiz53pdjjyr1vpy/student-849825_1920.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1575986416/finalsite/axcjqhiz53pdjjyr1vpy/student-849825_1920.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1575986416/finalsite/axcjqhiz53pdjjyr1vpy/student-849825_1920.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1575986416/finalsite/axcjqhiz53pdjjyr1vpy/student-849825_1920.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1575986416/finalsite/axcjqhiz53pdjjyr1vpy/student-849825_1920.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1575986416/finalsite/axcjqhiz53pdjjyr1vpy/student-849825_1920.jpg","width":1920}])
Andrew Martin
Learn from an award-winning designer what's next in school web design and how to bring your website up-to-snuff in the new year.
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Additional Resources
Blogs just don't cut it? We get it! That's why we have an entire library of additional resources on school web design you'll love!
- On-Demand Webinar
Learn from Finalsite’s award-winning senior designer Kelly Wilson where design is headed and see examples of sites on the forefront of design.
- On-Demand Webinar
Learn from award-winning designer Kelly Wilson where web design is headed and see examples of sites on the forefront of design.
- On-Demand Webinar
Join Finalsite Client Success Manager Gerard Gustafson and AudioEye Accessibility Training Manager April Morgan to learn how schools can achieve an accessible design and content in just a few simple steps.
- On-Demand Webinar
Angelo Otterbein, Chief Innovation Officer, shares some new and engaging designs that schools around the world have deployed with Finalsite.
- eBook
We re-vamped our popular Website Redesign Playbook for public schools and districts! Packed with case studies, best practices, tips, strategies, and more, this is your ultimate guide for the website redesign process.
- On-Demand Webinar
Learn the key elements of a website that attracts and converts picky millennial parents.
Find Inspiration From Our Recent Launches
See the work of our deployment and design teams in action with our most recent school website launches.
Download Finalsite’s Website Redesign Playbook
Is it time for a redesign? Use The Website Redesign Playbook as your guide for success during the entire process.