Friday, May 15, 2009

Re: Web Site Management within Schools

Thanks very much for the input so far!
This is exactly what I'm looking for. Looking forward to other schools
chiming in...

On Fri, May 15, 2009 at 12:20 PM, Jason Ramsden <jramsden@ravenscroft.org>wrote:

> Ademola,
>
> As a finalsite.com customer we have:
>
> - Is it strictly owned, controlled, and managed by your
> Communications
> department?
>
> *Yes. Our site is managed, in total, by our Communications Department.
> We do have a few things outsourced across campus, i.e., Athletics
> updates, and the Classroom features are handled by the faculty, i.e.,
> posting of resources, calendars, etc. but in general everything else
> flows through the D.O.C.
>
> - Does Academic Administration have the opportunity to alter the site
> (with strict permissions)?
>
> *No. Not at this time.
>
> - How much of a role does the internal Tech staff have with the site?
>
> *Troubleshooting user accounts as we have S.S.O. with our active
> directory as well as parent accounts managed through our school
> database. Other than that myself and our D.O.C. have fairly regular
> conversations about where the site is headed and changes or enhancements
> we'd like to see put into place.
>
> - Do you employ a FT/PT webmaster?
>
> *Our site is managed by our Director and Assistant Director of
> Communications. In essence, our D.O.C. is the lead webmaster.
>
> - Who within the school attended training on how to utilize the CMS?
>
> *Director of Communications, Assistant Director of Communications, and
> myself as the Chief Technology Officer. We then provided training to our
> faculty and staff on its us.
>
> Hope this helps. And if you have any follow-up questions please make
> sure to drop a line.
>
> All the best,
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: A forum for independent school educators
> [mailto:ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU] On Behalf Of Ademola Popoola
> Sent: Friday, May 15, 2009 1:12 PM
> To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
> Subject: Web Site Management within Schools
>
> All,
>
> Curious to know what kind of internal structure other schools have in
> place
> to manage their websites... Especially, those schools that have
> outsourced
> (Finalsite, Whippe Hill...) the development and hosting of their web
> presence.
>
>
> - Is it strictly owned, controlled, and managed by your
> Communications
> department?
> - Does Academic Administration have the opportunity to alter the site
> (with strict permissions)?
> - How much of a role does the internal Tech staff have with the site?
> - Do you employ a FT/PT webmaster?
> - Who within the school attended training on how to utilize the CMS?
>
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Ademola Popoola
> Sacred Heart Schools
>
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