Digital service topics
Explore guides and resources to help deliver excellent digital services.
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Building your digital service
Steps for digital service delivery
Follow basic steps to build or improve your digital project or service.
Funding
How to navigate the digital investment process and secure financial support to build or scale your digital service.
Creating forms and surveys
Learn how to create an online form or survey for a project or service.
SaaS 101
Use this information to learn about Software as a Service.
Working on an Agile team
Agile teams build products and services in a way that is iterative, adaptive and responsive to people’s needs and expectations. Learn how Agile teams operate in the B.C. government.
Learn about application programming interfaces (APIs)
APIs are like connectors for software. They help different computer programs talk to each other by sending messages back and forth.
Create accessible web products
Get to know the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG)
WCAG is a set of best practices aimed at improving web accessibility. The B.C. government uses them to explain how to make digital services, websites, apps and tools easy to use for everyone.
Developer guides and tools
Application development guide
Everything a developer needs to know about building a reliable, consistent and compliant web application.
Mobile development guide
Guidance on the steps and practices you must follow when developing a mobile application.
Learn how to start working in GitHub
Find and store open-source code in the B.C. government.
Learn how to join Rocket.Chat
Rocket.Chat is an open chat community for B.C. government development topics.
Stack Overflow
Ask questions and find answers from other B.C. government developers.
Visual design resources
B.C.’s visual identity
Learn about the proper use of the visual identity program to ensure government programs and services are clearly defined.
Visual design guide for web
A guide for anyone who uses or creates visual content for the B.C. government.
Privacy and security
Digital privacy impact assessment
Establish what information you are collecting with your digital service, who has access to it and how it’s stored.
Guide to good privacy practices
Understand the privacy responsibilities described in the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FOIPPA).
Security threat and risk assessments
Assess threats and risks when developing new or significantly modified information systems.
Videoconferencing privacy and security
Learn the best practices to maintain privacy and security while using video communications platforms.
Design research
Design research guide
Everything you need to know about design research, including planning, compensation and how to conduct interviews.
Content design
Web style guide
A guide for anyone who writes, edits or approves digital content for the B.C. government to help plan, design and improve web content.
Content design and strategy
Good content design focuses on helping people find and use the information and services they need.
Writing web content
Use this guide to write clear and accessible web content.
Plain language course
Take this self-directed course if you write anything for the B.C. government, from engineering reports to emails, news releases to websites.