The following chart is intended to clarify who has ownership of respective sites, as well as what level of support is available and what degree of branding is expected. For more details on site management, review Carleton’s web roles and responsibilities and website branding standards.
Site Type | Branding | Support | Site Manager | Hosting Options |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Official Carleton College (college departments, administrative offices, initiatives, services, profiles, directory, etc.) | Tier 1 | Full support. Contact: Web Development (ITS) and Communications | Site owner, site author(s), ITS, Comms | Carleton's institutional WordPress |
| Institutional web content hosted in an approved third-party tool*. Examples: Workday, OCS Student Portal in Terradotta | Tier 1 | Full support. Contact: Web Development (ITS) and Communications | Site owner, site author(s), ITS, Comms | Approved third-party vendor or host |
| Faculty/staff professional directory page (in support of their role at Carleton) | Tier 1 | Full support. Contact: Web Development (ITS) and Communications | Faculty or staff member | Carleton's institutional WordPress |
| Course and student ePortfolios (class projects, OCS blog, etc.) | Tier 2 | Shared support (Moodle, WordPress, Omeka) / Self-support (Google Site, others). Contact: Academic Technology (ITS) | Faculty member or designee, Students | CarlSites, Google Sites, et al. |
| Shorter-term (5 years or less) grant or academic project | Tier 2 | Shared support: Up to 3 hours (see ITS Service Catalog for details). Contact: Academic Technology (ITS) | Grant recipient(s) and/or designee | CarlSites |
| Faculty/Staff/Student personal (unrelated to the individual’s role at Carleton) | Tier 3 | Self-support | Individual | Non-Carleton |
| Institutionally-aligned student orgs, or those serving a community audience (e.g., CSA, SUMO) | Tier 1 | Shared support. Contact: Web Development (ITS) and Communications | Student org reps | Carleton's institutional WordPress |
| All other student orgs | Tier 2 | Self-support. Contact: Student Activities | Student org reps | Presence |
| Alumni (class sites, etc.) | Tier 1 | Full support. Contact: Web Development (ITS) and Communications | Alumni Relations Office | Carleton's institutional WordPress |
*Third-party tools and plugins need to be approved in consultation with ITS. They must have robust attention to data management and the company’s information security practices will be reviewed by the Information Security Officer during the evaluation stage.