GUIDELINES for WEBSITE DEVELOPMENT
Approved
White Settlement ISD Website purpose is to expand
the educational and instructional resources of the district and provide an
avenue of communication through the proper use of telecommunications designed
to target the WSISD community, parents, students, teachers, individual schools,
other school systems, higher educational institutions, and state and local
agencies.
The WSISD website will
be maintained and monitored by central administration. Non-educational links to the WSISD website
will not be allowed. Education related
links to the WSISD website must be approved by the WSISD central
administration.
All websites or web
pages developed by WSISD students, personnel, or school related organizations
must receive prior approval from central administration according to the
following guidelines. A WSISD Web
Page Update/Addition Request Form must be completed and approved
before developing a web page.
q Schools or classes may
publish and link to the District’s site Web pages that present information
about the school or classes activities, subject to approval. Personnel will be responsible form compliance
with District guidelines in maintaining their Web pages. Any links from a school or class Web page to
sites outside the District’s computer system must receive approval.
q With the approval,
students may establish individual Web pages linked to a campus or District web
site; however, all material presented on a student’s Web page must be related
to the student’s educational activities.
Student Web pages must include the following notice: “This is a
student Web page. Opinions expressed on
this page shall not be attributed to the District.” Any links from a student’s Web pages to sites
outside the District’s computer system must receive approval.
q With the approval,
extracurricular organizations may establish Web paged linked to a campus or
District Web site; however, all materials presented on the Web page must
related specifically to organization activities and include only
student-produced material. The sponsor
of the organization will be responsible for compliance with District guidelines
for maintaining the Web page.
q Web pages of
extracurricular organizations must include the following notice: “This is a
student extracurricular organization Web page.
Opinions expressed on this page shall not be attributed to the
District.” Any links from the Web
page of an extracurricular organization to sites outside the District’s
computer system must receive approval.
q District employees,
Trustees, and members of the public will not be permitted to publish personal
Web pages using District resources.
Web
Page Publishing Guidelines for White Settlement ISD
Well-designed
web pages require much thought and pre-planning. Web pages published on the
White Settlement ISD server are visible throughout the world. Their content and
quality reflects upon the web page author as well as the district, and is
therefore subject to district specifications. The following specifications and
guidelines are designed to help authors create quality web pages.
TECHNICAL
SPECIFICATIONS FOR WEB PAGES
These
specifications take into consideration that authors and publishers may be
working on different platforms. The specifications help insure that there are
no problems with differing platforms during the publishing process.
File
Names and Structure
q
File
names should be 8 characters or less, no spaces, all lower case, and unique and
descriptive (Examples: afrlca.htm or elephant.git).
q
File
names should end with a .htm
extension.
q
Once
the pages are completed, the pages and accompanying graphics should be copied
into a directory onto a disk and given to the Web Site Director or Office Web
Director. An e-mail message to the Web
Site Director and Office Web Director should then be sent in preparation to
place the pages on the web server.
Web
Pages
q
Home
pages should be a collection of smaller pages accessed from a top-level page
(versus one long page.)
q
School,
classes, student, and/or extracurricular organization home pages should contain
links to appropriate district home pages.
q
Longer
home pages should contain a hypertext index and links throughout the document
to facilitate navigation.
Multimedia
q
Images
should have a resolution of approximately 72 ppi
(pixels per inch).
q
If
larger images are used, thumbnail sketches and text alternatives should be
provided.
q
Animated
GIF files should be used very sparingly and need to be relatively small. The amount, size, and type of graphics used
have the most direct affect on the “load time” of Web pages.
q
For
quickness in loading,..
Ø
images
should be a maximum size of about 2" by 3",
Ø
backgrounds
should be a maximum of 5 KB,
Ø
video
files should be a maximum size of 550 KB (always use a hyperlink so people can
choose to open this or not),
Ø
sound files should be a maximum size of 500 KB (only
one on a page).
CONTENT
SPECIFICATIONS FOR WEB PAGES
Each
home page must contain the following:
q
The
author's name (first name only for student authors).
q
Staff
member authors: the author's e-mail address
q
Student
authors: the author's e-mail address if he/she has one or the name and e-mail
address of the staff person sponsoring the student's home page
q
A
title that appropriately describes the content of the page.
q
A
last modified date stamp
q
Well-edited
text, including correct spelling and grammar.
q
Factually-correct
information
q
References,
if the home page is a research document.
q
Link
to the District's home page (www.wsisd.com)
Web
pages may NOT contain:
q
Inappropriate
material or links to inappropriate material.
q
Links
to resources that do not exist.
q
Any
graphic or information that is in violation of copyrights laws.
q
Solicitation
for advertisement.
q
Commercial
advertisement
Web
pages are subject to “directory information” as stated in WSISD Board Policy FL(Legal).
PLANNING
GUIDELINES FOR WEB PAGES
Design
Tips
q
Create
home pages that are easy to read.
q
Create
a top-level home page that is short, includes the purpose of the web page, and
links to additional pages. Additional web pages should provide detailed
information.
q
Sketch
out the visual design and evaluate its effectiveness.
q
Evaluate
the "overall look."
q
Strive
for a consistent layout style.
q
Only
use graphics that serve a purpose and use appropriate graphics for that
purpose.
Web
Browser Considerations
q
Design
web pages that can be viewed by Internet Explorer 4.0 or later.
q
Consider
that some viewers who access WSISD home pages will be using web browsers other
than Internet Explorer.
q
Include
only exemplary work for publishing. Other work can be displayed within
individual buildings