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ACS 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. Please use it in a way that suits your needs - either read it through from beginning to end by following the navigation links at the bottom of each page, use the detailed Table of Contents to locate a relevant section, or use the search engine below to look for keywords.

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Introduction to Creating Course Web Pages

Pedagogical Considerations, Typcial Components, Overview of Publishing on web.mit.edu, Maintenance Considerations

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Accessibility and Legal Issues

MIT's Web Accessibility Policy and Universal Design, MIT's Student Information Policy, Legal Considerations

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Building Your Web 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

Publishing on web.mit.edu (Athena course lockers)
File transfer
Restricting access to your Web pages
Running your own Web server
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Maintaining Your Pages

Maintaining a Web site is an ongoing effort. Here are some things to think about:

general document management issues
keeping links functioning
keeping documents current
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Other Resources

There are training classes, documentation, and other groups at MIT that can provide assistance:

The CWIS group
IS Training and Publications
New Media Center
CopyTech Center
Document Services
CAES video productions
The Adaptive Technology for Information and Computing Lab
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Course Web Page Templates and Samples

We have some simple templates for course Web pages which you can use to get started.