About LTS

Our production standards and specifications

Publishing - online

Learning and Teaching Scotland produces publications for the education community. We produce websites, books, learning packs, curriculum guidelines, newsletters, consultation documents, reports, CD-ROMs and promotional items. 

LTS aims to publish relevant, concise, well-structured and clearly presented information. The information on this page provides guidance on how to achieve this when developing online materials for LTS.

Publishing Guidelines

The Learning and Teaching Scotland website Web Standards and Guidelines explains the standards, specifications and procedures we expect companies to adhere to when producing online resources for LTS.

The website has information about:

  • Accessibilty
  • Usability
  • Writing and style
  • Copyright and permissions
  • Layout and design
  • Multimedia
  • Metadata
  • Managing content
  • Technical development

We aim to ensure that the development of our online resources follow internationally accepted specifications and standards so that they are consistent in type and style and their viability, integrity and portability are maximised.

LTS will consult with relevant organisations, user groups and multimedia content developers in establishing, implementing and reviewing our standards. This will involve a proactive review and, as appropriate, evolution of the standards to reflect knowledge and practice derived from development, deployment and use of content in Glow.

Please consult the Web Standards and Guidelines website when formulating bids for tenders and when producing online resources for LTS.

Online Resource Development Standard

This document on the Web Standards and Guidelines website explains the technical standards and specifications for Learning and Teaching Scotland's online resources.

It aims to ensure that the development of our online resources follows internationally accepted specifications and standards so that they are consistent in type and style and their viability, integrity and portability are maximised.

LTS will consult with relevant organisations, user groups and multimedia content developers in establishing, implementing and reviewing this standard. This will involve a proactive review and, as appropriate, evolution of the standard to reflect knowledge and practice derived from development, deployment and use of content in Glow.

The standard applies to all online resources commissioned by LTS.

Visit the LTS Web Standards and Guidelines website for more information on this and all aspects of online publishing.

Corporate Identity Guidelines

Guidance on how to use the LTS logo and corporate colours in publications, resources, marketing materials and online.

PDF files iconPDF file: Corporate Identity Guidelines (268 KB)