Web Site Manual

Web Page Development
Interested in creating a Web page? Follow a basic set of steps (depending on your needs) for faculty, online instructors and subdivisions/departments/units.

Pages to Support Face-to-Face Classes
Faculty sites to support traditional classes should follow these basic steps:

1. Request an appointment with an Instructional Designer in the Center for Teaching and Learning by calling extension 5347.
2. The Center for Teaching and Learning will arrange server space within the Blackboard Learning Management System.

Online Courses
All online courses are developed in Blackboard through collaboration with the Center for Teaching and Learning. For more information, please contact the Center for Teaching and Learning at extension 5347.

Faculty Pages
The college supports faculty who wish to develop and maintain a faculty Web page.  The information allows students and community residents to learn more about our academic professionals.  A faculty member who wishes to link a Web page (e.g., listing degrees, interests, research) to the Moraine Valley Web site may do so, provided the faculty page includes the following disclaimer:

"The content, views and opinions on this Web site are strictly those of the author. The contents have not been reviewed or approved by Moraine Valley Community College."

Nonfaculty Pages-Subdivisions/Departments/Units
Whether you're starting a page from scratch, want to learn more about creating Web pages, or want to update existing pages, Marketing and Creative Services can help. We can write the content and design the pages, or take existing content and place it in a design that is consistent with the college's Web site.

Basic Steps to Web Page Development
If you are creating a completely new Web site, follow these basic steps:

1. Review other Web sites, both educational and non-educational, that are similar to yours.

2. Browse the Moraine Valley Web site to see how pages are written, organized, designed and linked.

3. Contact Marketing and Creative Services to set up a meeting for you (and any other appropriate people in your area), our Web writer (if necessary) and Creative Web designer to discuss content organization, graphics/photos, links and more.

4. A test site will be developed for your review. Upon receipt of all necessary approvals, the site will move live.

If you are updating an existing Web site, follow these basic steps:

1. Call the Creative Web designers at x5276 or x5244 or the Web writer at x5272 to discuss proposed changes.

2. You will be notified when the changes have been made, appropriate approvals have been received, and can be seen on the live site.