Overview of Wesleyan's Web Services

Wesleyan provides a rich set of services and technologies to support the use of the Web to advance the goals of the Wesleyan community. This Web Site is designed to help explain these various services and technologies. It is arranged first by the type of Web Site and then by technology and service.

Types of Web Sites

• Academic Department Web Site
  Academic departments can build and sustain attractive and useful Web sites that can provide up-to-date information about faculty, curriculum, and policy, as well as procedures for prospective and current students and faculty.
• Administrative Department Web Site
  Administrative departments are increasingly using the Web as their primary communication channel to the constituents that they serve.
• Course Web Site
  Faculty can build media-rich, interactive Web sites for their courses.
• Personal Web Site
  Everyone at Wesleyan has space to create their own personal Web site.
• Project Web Site
  The Web can be used to organize all kinds of collaborative projects, as well as to communicate the results of work.
• Student Group Web Site
  Student groups can and do use the Web to build community, collaborate, and organize.

Technologies and Services

• Reference
  Links to tutorials and references on common Web technologies, including HTML, CSS, Javascript, and more.
• Style Guide
  Guides to how to design your site to conform to Web and Wesleyan visual standards.
• Usability
  Self-service and professional services to test your site (and educate yourself) about issues to do with Web usability and accessibility.
• Web Editors
  Help with Microsoft FrontPage and Adobe GoLive, the two supported Web editors (knowledge of HTML not required!).
• Web Widgets
  A growing collection of Web technologies and services that can be applied to Wesleyan Web sites, including counters, search engines, announcements, mailing lists, and Web hosting.
• Web 2.0
  Web 2.0 is a term coined to describe a set of new applications that enable communication and sharing of resources via the web without the intervention of a centralized authority’s approval. For the Fall 2007 semester blog and wiki software will be available to faculty and staff.