{"id":1375,"date":"2011-10-24T11:48:22","date_gmt":"2011-10-24T15:48:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/tag\/?p=1375"},"modified":"2011-10-24T11:48:22","modified_gmt":"2011-10-24T15:48:22","slug":"faculty-websites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/tag\/2011\/10\/24\/faculty-websites\/","title":{"rendered":"Faculty Websites &#8211; Know Your Options"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>TAG has heard some renewed concern and confusion about faculty websites lately, so we thought it might be a good time to revisit the available options and outline how faculty members can take advantage of them.<\/p>\n<p>When building a <span style=\"text-decoration:underline\">personal<\/span> website (not a departmental website), faculty have several options with varying levels of control and support:<\/p>\n<p><strong>1. Use the Content Management System (CMS) and build off of your department&#8217;s page.<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>You can choose to build a personal faculty website as an offshoot of your department&#8217;s page.<\/li>\n<li>Faculty pages using this option must use the standard CMS templates (that is, the page will look like all of the other University pages).<\/li>\n<li>An example is TAG member Dave Dzurec&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/matrix.scranton.edu\/academics\/cas\/history\/faculty-pages\/dzurec-david.shtml\">page<\/a> off of the <a href=\"http:\/\/matrix.scranton.edu\/academics\/cas\/history\/index.shtml\">History Department website<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>This option offers the least amount of design control, but it can be done pretty quickly.<\/li>\n<li>To request a page like this, talk with your department&#8217;s webmaster.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>2. Use the Content Management System (CMS) and build your own site.<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>You can choose to build an independent (that is, not an offshoot of your department&#8217;s page) personal faculty website within the CMS .<\/li>\n<li>With this option, you&#8217;d store your page content within the CMS, but you are <span style=\"text-decoration:underline\">not<\/span> required to use a standard University template &#8211; so your site doesn&#8217;t have to look like the rest of the University pages.<\/li>\n<li>The CTLE offers two templates (<a href=\"https:\/\/royaldrive.scranton.edu\/Groups\/Weinbergmemoriallibrary\/Library\/Digital%20Services\/Faculty\/Technology%20Advisory%20Group\/TAG%20Shared%20Resources\/Faculty%20Websites\/faculty-basic-template.jpg?ticket=t_tk2kXVQl\">basic<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/royaldrive.scranton.edu\/Groups\/Weinbergmemoriallibrary\/Library\/Digital%20Services\/Faculty\/Technology%20Advisory%20Group\/TAG%20Shared%20Resources\/Faculty%20Websites\/faculty-advanced-template.jpg?ticket=t_L11vN59g\">advanced<\/a>) that you can use as a starting point, but both are completely editable either by the faculty member him\/herself or with the help of a CTLE TechCon. So you can change colors, add features, etc. Note that neither template is branded with\u00a0 University of Scranton colors or logos.\u00a0 As an example, I made a <a href=\"http:\/\/matrix.scranton.edu\/faculty\/kristenyarmey\/contact.shtml\">demo page<\/a> by tweaking the advanced template.<\/li>\n<li>You can also choose to design your own site from scratch by copy\/pasting HTML from a web design tool (like Dreamweaver) into the CMS. This choice gives you more control over the page design.<\/li>\n<li>To request space on the CMS, simply contact <a href=\"mailto:mchalea1@scranton.edu\">Aileen McHale<\/a> at the CTLE. The CTLE TechCons will set up your web space, and if you like, they can also help you build and edit the pages &#8211; just let Aileen know how much help you think you will need.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>3. Use third party services to design and\/or host your site.<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Faculty members can also feel free to use non-University tools to build and\/or host a website.<strong><\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Some tools to explore: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sites.google.com\">Google Sites<\/a>, portal sites like <a href=\"http:\/\/flavors.me\/\">flavors.me<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/about.me\/\">about.me<\/a> (librarian Sheli McHugh has a <a href=\"http:\/\/about.me\/shelimchugh\">nice about.me page<\/a>), <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wordpress.com\">WordPress<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.squarespace.com\/\">Square Space<\/a>&#8230;<\/li>\n<li>This option gives you complete control over your website&#8217;s design.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In <span style=\"text-decoration:underline\">all<\/span> cases, faculty members have complete control over their site&#8217;s <span style=\"text-decoration:underline\">content<\/span>. PR and CTLE don&#8217;t have any control over the text, images, documents, and links you post.\u00a0 All that is expected is that you follow the University&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/academic.scranton.edu\/department\/helpdesk\/html_old\/facultypolicy.html\" target=\"_blank\">Code of Responsible Computing<\/a>.\u00a0 Also in all cases, it&#8217;s the faculty member&#8217;s responsibility to keep their page up-to-date.<\/p>\n<p>If you have questions or concerns about faculty websites, or if you want to share recommendations for third party web design\/hosting tools, please let us know!<\/p>\n<p><em>Many thanks to PR and the CTLE for helping us work out a user-friendly workflow for faculty websites in the CMS.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TAG has heard some renewed concern and confusion about faculty websites lately, so we thought it might be a good time to revisit the available options and outline how faculty members can take advantage of them. 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