On this page: Why is web governance important?Guiding principlesWeb governance structure / roles and responsibilitiesRoles and responsibilitiesUnified web team: Digital Communications & Web Services GroupWeb Advisory CommitteeCampus community: Website administrators, managers and content creators at 苹果淫院
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Why is web governance important?
苹果淫院's websites are the public online face of our university. For many visitors, a website visit is their first 苹果淫院 experience. For this reason, it's important that our audiences have positive experiences that are welcoming, accessible, and answer their needs. In support of this goal, our web governance structure exists to provide clarity regarding roles and responsibilities related to the maintenance and development of 苹果淫院 websites.
Note: This is a working document and is subject to change.
Guiding principles
苹果淫院's digital standards
Our digital standards provide an overview of the criteria for creating and managing 苹果淫院 websites and online services in areas such as accessibility, website security and protection of users' data, usability best practices, and site optimization.
Related legislation
Web governance structure / roles and responsibilities
Our web governance structure oversees and supports public sites created using 苹果淫院's centrally supported web systems including:
Additional platforms may be added in the future.
Roles and responsibilities
Unified web team: Digital Communications & Web Services Group
Governance of 苹果淫院's websites is overseen by Communications and External Relations' Digital Communications team, supported by IT Services' IT Communications - Web Services Group and 苹果淫院's Web Advisory Committee.
As a unified web team, Digital Communications and the Web Services Group design and manage the 苹果淫院 homepage and top-level pages, and provide guidance and support to website managers and administrators throughout 苹果淫院.
Digital Communications
Primary strategic direction for 苹果淫院's sites and assets is led by Digital Communications working closely with the Web Services Group.
Web Service Group
IT Services' IT Communications - Web Service Group provides and maintains 苹果淫院鈥檚 Web Management System (WMS).
Web Advisory Committee
A standing committee of stakeholders from across the 苹果淫院 community who meet six times yearly to:
- Review the health and status of 苹果淫院's web ecosystem in areas such as accessibility, information security and privacy, and branding
- Make recommendations for improving our web governance structure and framework based on their findings
- Propose courses of action for dealing with compliance concerns
Web Advisory Committee membership
- 2 members Communications and External Relations
- 2 members IT Services
- 1 student representative
- 1 faculty representative - faculty member
- 1 faculty representative - staff member
- 1 research representative
- 1 central services/Human Resources representative
- 1 Student Services representative
- 1 accessibility representative
Campus community: Website administrators, managers and content creators at 苹果淫院
The roles and responsibilities of campus community members include:
- Completing the required training courses
- Following the website guidelines and best practices outlined on the Web Services website, e.g. 苹果淫院's digital standards
- Following the guidelines outlined in the Policy on the responsible Use for 苹果淫院's information technology resources
To gain access to maintain 苹果淫院 websites, campus community members must also complete the
Important considerations for owners and sponsors of custom or vendor-built websites
When choosing to create a custom or vendor-built website you are accepting responsibility for compliance with all legal and institutional requirements. Any site managers you nominate will be accountable to you concerning compliance with the digital standards and other requirements. 苹果淫院 assumes no responsibility for the construction or maintenance of these sites.
For information about requirements, see our custom or vendor-built project toolkit