Faculty may want students to have web sites for course or research related instructional purposes. These web sites are temporary, lasting only one year. An instructor or faculty member must give approval before CIT will set up a student web site account. (Information about setting up web accounts for research is provided elsewhere in this site.)
A directory will be created on the server within the requesting faculty's web environment for each student's web files. The student will be set up with a UNIX shell account which will enable access to the web environment.
If your course web site is created with Blackboard, or is on another server, we will first set you up with the appropriate web hosting package. We will then set up the student accounts and create student directories.
Once student accounts are created, students will receive a short document containing usage guidelines, and instructions for changing passwords and uploading files. Students must follow the guidelines and policies for the course web server.
You may request a student site at IT Resource Request Form.
How to Create and Upload Files
Generally, students will create all the files for their projects on Macs or PC's and upload the files to a course web server to publish them on the web. Web pages may be created using any web page editor.
Students upload their own files either by using standard file transfer software, such as Fetch or Filezilla, or by configuring a web editing application such as Dreamweaver. See Managing Files in Course Web Sites for more information.
Please note: If you currently have a course or research site on the Instruct1 server, please contact us to have it migrated to the new hosting environment.
