SUNY Cortland Blogging Services Policies and Procedures
Policy:
SUNY Cortland maintains a public blogging service at http://blog.cortland.edu for academic related blogging, writing, and communication. The contents of all blogs are readily accessible to all who use the Internet. The service is maintained according to the College's network use policy http://www.cortland.edu/ir/networkuse.asp. Subscribers to the service are expected to follow these guidelines concerning copyright, privacy, and network use.Procedures and Support:
Subscribe to the blog service at http://blog.cortland.edu and follow the directions. Support for blogging is available from Memorial Library. Contact Dan Harms at x4042 or Amanda Hollister at 5717.Administrative Computing Services maintains backups of the server and software for recovery for the hardware and software; there is not backup for individual content. For purposes of academic challenges and other academic record keeping, faculty are encouraged to retain records in accordance with College Academic Records Policies.
Suggestions:
Faculty who wish to maintain a blog in a password protected environment are encouraged to use the class message board function on WebCT; this module operates like a blog but is available only to enrolled members of the course.It is recommended that faculty wishing to incorporate blogging as a course-wide project have their students sign up as contributors to a blog established for the course.
Faculty, staff and students wishing to have a blog for personal writing or for subjects not related to their work at the College are encouraged to use free and publicly available software such as www.wordpress.com; www.blogger.com; www.typepad.com .
October 2007