How to Apply Headers on Cascade
What is a Header/Heading?
Headers/Headings (interchangeable terminology) are built in resources that help viewers navigate
through a webpage or document’s content.
Why should I add in Headers?
Headers not only apply a visual style that alerts viewers as to the structure of a document (e.g. large bold
text at the top of a page is the title, whereas smaller bolder text throughout a page are sections or subsections), but also tells non-visual users the structure of a page. The way that headers work is that they
are coded to read out to a listener “Title – Welcome to LTWR 105” and helps with navigation and better
understanding of different sections or topics.
Headers also save time on formatting documents and webpages since headers have a built in style via
one click, rather than needing to click multiple font preferences to get the code/size/bold/underline
preferred.
Step 1: At the left navigation panel on
Cascade, select the page that you
want to edit.
Step 2: The overview of the
page will load. At the top
navigation panel, select the Edit
tab.
Step 3: The Content Editor
will load.
Within this page you can
add in your own custom
text within the text box.
Step 4: Type in your title
or section name in the text
box.
Step 5: Highlight your
title/topic in the text box
and then select the on
the “Paragraph” style
dropdown.
This dropdown menu will
show all of the different
styles you can add to the
text.
Step 6: Select Heading 2
within the dropdown.
Please note: With the
template provided to
Cascade users at CSUSM,
the Display Name/Title of
the page is set as a
heading 1. Please use a
Heading 2 or higher.
Step 7: Now your custom
text should now be larger
and bold looking.
Congratulations, this text is
now a Heading 2!
Step 8: Select the Submit
button at the bottom of the
Content Editor to save
your changes.
More Tips on Headers
Please note: that not all headers should be a heading 1!
Headers should be organized in numerical order, Header 1 being the most important/title of the page and
have the header number increase as the content goes on.
Examples:
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Title of page – Header 1 (only one! – this is set by default on Cascade)
Sections within the page – Header 2 (multiple allowed)
Sub-sections within the page – Header 3 (multiple allowed)
Visual Example:
Title of page – Heading 1
Section 1 – Heading 2
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Sub Section – Heading 3
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