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Academic Webpage Creation Guide

Overview of Web Guide

This guide was created by the Academic Computing Support group to help faculty and TA's in creating Web pages for MIT courses. You may approach the material in the guide in several ways, depending on what suits your needs. If you are new to creating Web pages and working on Athena, you may wish to read the guide through, from beginning to end, by following the navigation links at the bottom of each page. This will give you a thorough introduction to the considerations, policies, concepts, and technical matters around course Web pages.

If you are looking for information on a particular aspect of course Web pages, check the summaries of each "chapter" on this page, or go to the detailed Table of Contents. Or enter keywords into the search facility below.

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Introduction to Creating Course Web Pages

General planning considerations: Pedagogical goals; Typical components of course Web page; Overview of publishing on web.mit.edu; Web site maintenance.

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Accessibility and Legal Issues

Before you get started, some important design, policy, and legal considerations: MIT's Web Accessibility Policy and Universal Design; MIT's Student Information Policy; Legal issues.

  Three

Building Your Web Pages

Gathering content and building your pages: HTML; PDF; Technical notation and foreign languages; Images and graphic effects; Email, online discussions, forms and surveys; Counters; Databases; CGI; Helping people find your Web pages; Differences between Web browsers.

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Publishing Your Pages

Making finished pages available to your audience: Publishing on web.mit.edu with Athena course lockers; Tranferring files to Athena; Restricting access to your Web pages; Running your own Web server.

  Five

Maintaining Your Pages

Maintaining a Web site is an ongoing effort, involving general document management, keeping information current, keeping links functioning, etc.

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Other Resources

Information on training classes, documentation, and groups at MIT that can provide assistance.

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Course Web Page Templates and Samples

Basic templates and samples for course Web pages which you can use to get started.