The university’s 20 Rise Vision digital displays are centrally managed by the Office of Communications and Marketing and Student Affairs. The new displays replace paper bulletin boards that have been removed throughout campus.
All faculty staff, administrators and students are encouraged to submit content for the displays as we work to build a digital-first culture on campus and eliminate paper fliers, postcards and paper promotional materials. Below you will find submission processes, authorized and prohibited uses and community standards for the digital displays.
Questions? Students can direct their questions about digital signage to Sarah Potrikus at spotrikus@worcester.edu. Faculty and staff can direct their questions to Deborah Alvarez O’Neil at doneil2@worcester.edu.
Student Affairs Submission Form
Administrative and Academic Unit Submission Form
Content Review Process: Submissions are reviewed daily during regular working hours by the communications teams. Events can be posted up to 30 days in advance. We encourage submissions at least seven business days in advance of when the sign should be posted.
All submitted content is subject to review, revision and approval based on authorized use, community standards, Title II compliance for completed slides, brand alignment, as well as grammar, punctuation and style. The system administrators in Student Affairs and Communications are authorized to decline or edit content submissions, and to remove or edit live content that has been posted.
Digital signage is for sharing university-only messages. As the university continues to build the program, system administrators will revisit the use of digital signage for university partnerships and sponsors, and investigate whether paid advertising is feasible.
Audience First: Worcester State’s digital signage is designed to be relevant to a wide cross-section of the campus community including students, faculty and staff, and not for select groups or purposes. Content creators should keep in mind that digital signs are public, and consider how content will be viewed or understood by visitors, dignitaries, or prospective students and families.
Intentional: Content on digital signage should be informative, educational, inspirational, actionable, or for the purpose of raising awareness and fostering campus pride.
Guided by values: The content of Worcester State’s digital signage is a reflection of the core values of the institution: academic excellence, engaged citizenship, open exchange of ideas, diversity and inclusiveness, civility and integrity. The digital screens should project the best of us as a community with positive, inclusive, celebratory, and respectful messages.
Accuracy: The content on digital signs will meet a high standard of accuracy. All statistics, dates, and names must be verified and fact-checked before submission.
Timeliness: The content on the digital signs should be timely, seasonally appropriate, and in sync with the academic calendar.
Neutrality: Digital signage is centrally managed by university administrators and is politically and commercially neutral, reflecting the university’s policy of political neutrality.
Students, faculty and staff are free to design content and submit it for the digital displays using the submission forms. Please refer to the best practices below if you choose to design your own content. As a reminder, all content is subject to review, revision and approval based on authorized use, community standards, Title II compliance for completed slides, brand alignment, as well as grammar, punctuation and style.
Before you hit send, ask yourself: Does this message pull people in or push them out?
Design specifications for 65-inch full-screen digital signs:
