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ACS Academic Webpage Creation Guide

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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

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 (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, involving general document management, keeping information current, keeping links functioning, etc.

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Other Resources

Information on training classes, documentation, and other 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.