Do More With Your Do More With Your School Website!School Website!

Delaware Instructional Delaware Instructional Technology ConferenceTechnology Conference

April 14, 2005April 14, 2005

Liz Niederberger

Zumu Software

OverviewOverview Does you website meet the needs of your

school community? What’s the core information that must be

posted on a school website? What are your website goals? What is your website’s potential? What tools and resources are available to

create school websites?

Does you website meet the needs Does you website meet the needs of your school community?of your school community?

Up-to-Date Information Information for each school Administration Teachers Students Parents Other Community Members

What core information that must be What core information that must be posted on a school website?posted on a school website?

Addresses and Phone Number for each school Administration Information School Board Information Hours of Operation Dates of Operation Staff Listings

What are your website goals?What are your website goals?

Great looking website Wide range of useful content Always up-to-date with fresh material Embedded mini-apps that help run the school That parents, students, teachers, administrators

really use! A site that generates compliments

Wide Range of ContentWide Range of ContentCalendars

Curriculum Guides

Photos

Student Handbooks

Staff Listings

Forms

Contact Information

Agendas

Notices

Student Projects

Job Postings

Teacher Pages

Lunch Calendars

Snow Pages

Announcement Boards

Sports Info

Directions

Surveys

Board Information

Lesson Plans

Newsletters

Bus Schedules

Up-to-DateUp-to-Date

Snow Pages Current Events - Sports Results, Science

Fairs, Visitors to the School Awards - students, school, teachers, etc. Refrigerator Example

Mini-AppsMini-Apps

Lesson Plans Calendars - Building/Room Use Leave Request Trouble Reporting Digital Lockers Safe Mail

What is your website’s What is your website’s potential?potential?

Budget Time Expertise Computer Resouces Administration Commitment

Who will do the updates? What software will be used to do the

updates?

What tools and resources are What tools and resources are available to create school available to create school

websites?websites?

Webmaster (one for entire district) School Webmaster (one for district offices,

one for each school) School Webmaster with teachers doing their

own pages Overall Administrative Web Editor

(district-wide) with teachers and staff member updating their own sections

Who will do the updates? Who will do the updates?

Hand coded HTML Microsoft Frontpage Adobe GoLive Macromedia Dreamweaver Macromedia Contribute

What software will be used to What software will be used to do the updates? do the updates?

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Web-based content mangement software.

Benefits:

Another OptionAnother Option

• No hassels with server software upgrades• Everyone can update their own sections of the website • Lots of people update the site, no waiting for one person • Consistent look and feel throughout the site• Easier to get information on-line in a timely manner• Information can be updated from almost anywhere

Developed specifically for schools Easy to use Permission based logins Flexible looks and structures Support for all users

What features do I need?What features do I need?

FeaturesFeatures

Announcement BoardsAnnouncement Boards

District Wide Elementary Schools Middle Schools High Schools

CalendarsCalendars

District Calendars Lunch Calendars School Calendars Sports Calendars Building/Room Usage

Calendars Linked Calendars

Snow PagesSnow Pages

Image GalleriesImage Galleries

Teacher PagesTeacher Pages

Lesson PlansLesson Plans

Fun SurveysFun Surveys

FormsForms Technology Surveys Trouble Reporting Contact Forms Personnel Forms Alumni Forms

Event BoxesEvent Boxes

File SharingFile Sharing

Teachers Students Administrators Board Members

Link to Other ApplicationsLink to Other Applications

E-mail CITRIX ClassLink Most other applications

Important!Important!

No matter what your website looks like, if you don’t have fresh, new, up-to-date content; no one will look at it!

If you keep things current, people will use your site; no matter how it looks.