Unified web team: Digital Communications & Web Services Group

Governance of 黑料网爆吃瓜's websites is overseen by Communications and Institutional Relations' Digital Communications team, supported by IT Services' IT Communications - Web Services Group and 黑料网爆吃瓜's Web Advisory Committee.

As a unified web team, Digital Communications and the Web Services Group design and manage the 黑料网爆吃瓜 homepage and top-level pages, and provide guidance and support to website managers and administrators throughout 黑料网爆吃瓜.

Digital Communications

Primary strategic direction for 黑料网爆吃瓜's sites and assets is led by Digital Communications working closely with the Web Services Group.

Web Services Group

IT Services' IT Communications - Web Services Group provides and maintains 黑料网爆吃瓜鈥檚 Web Management System (WMS).

Web Advisory Committee

Purpose

To involve representatives from the 黑料网爆吃瓜 community in making decisions concerning the health and development of our web ecosystem.

Mandate

A standing committee of stakeholders from across the 黑料网爆吃瓜 community who meets every months to:

• Review the health and status of 黑料网爆吃瓜's web ecosystem in areas such as accessibility, information security and privacy, and branding.
• Make recommendations for improving our web governance structure and framework based on their findings.
• Propose courses of action for dealing with compliance issues.

Authority

The committee has the authority to:

• Examine and inquire into all matters that relate to their mandate.
• Report to 黑料网爆吃瓜's web governance stakeholders.
• Attach dissenting or supplementary opinions to reports.

Committee meetings

• The committee meets every 6 weeks.
  • Ad hoc meetings may be required if reports reveal significant non-compliance during a specific period.

Web Advisory Committee membership

• 2 representatives for faculties (preferably one faculty member and one administrative staff member)
• 1 representative for research
• 1 representative for Student Life and Learning
• 2 student representatives (one undergraduate and one graduate)
• 1 representative for central services/Human Resources
• 1 representative for Macdonald Campus
• Accessibility Advisor from VP Academic
• Web Services:聽Communications and Institutional Relations (CIR)听补苍诲 IT Services
  • 2 representatives from CIR
  • 2 from IT Services, one from Web Services Group, Web Publishing Portfolio Manager听补苍诲 one IT Trainer

Length of membership term

• 2-year term with 1/2 the committee ending their term each year, term renewable
• Additional committee members can be added to the committee at anytime

Substitute members

Substitutes will only be allowed in exceptional circumstances.

A substitute member can be designated to replace a permanent member at a meeting. The only mandate of a substitute is to report back to the permanent members they are representing.

Committee chair

The chair will be selected by CIR and IT Services.

Campus community: Website administrators, managers and content creators at 黑料网爆吃瓜

The roles and responsibilities of campus community members include:

• Completing the required training courses
• Following the website guidelines and best practices outlined on the Web Services website, e.g. 黑料网爆吃瓜's digital standards
• Following the guidelines outlined in the Policy on the responsible Use for 黑料网爆吃瓜's information technology resources

To gain access to edit or manage 黑料网爆吃瓜 websites, campus community members must also complete the

Important considerations for owners and sponsors of custom or vendor-built websites

When choosing to create a custom or vendor-built website you are accepting responsibility for compliance with all legal and institutional requirements. Any site managers you nominate will be accountable to you concerning compliance with the digital standards and other requirements. 黑料网爆吃瓜 assumes no responsibility for the construction or maintenance of these sites.

For information about requirements, see our custom or vendor-built project toolkit