With the start of the 2015–16 academic year just days away, it’s time to make sure your website is updated with accurate information for fall semester.
Having a consistent, relevant and up-to-date website is not only essential to maintaining credibility as a department within the university, but also to properly representing Case Western Reserve to prospective students, faculty and staff.
Perhaps most importantly, during what can be a stressful time of year, it helps students who are planning or switching classes, looking for research opportunities, or trying to contact their faculty members.
So before the semester kicks into full swing, now is the time to help students by making necessary updates to your departmental websites.
As outlined in an Undergraduate Student Government resolution, all CWRU academic department websites should:
- be updated at least once before the start of each semester
- contain complete and accurate information
- include faculty biographies, research, classes, office hours and contact information
- include information on required classes and approved technical electives
- provide an outlined schedule of classes
- list updated scholarships and awards
- link to the bulletin (bulletin.case.edu) for more information on the department and its associated majors, minors and degree programs
- provide an email address or form for users to report errors or provide feedback (this information can be provided in the footer of each webpage).
If your department does not maintain its own website, contact your school or college’s marketing/information technology teams for help. For assistance with sites in TerminalFour, the university’s central content management system, submit a help desk ticket at help.case.edu.