Departmental Website Maintenance Checklist

Before Fall Semester Begins (Yearly):

• Update Welcome or initial home page message.
  • This message should tie-in with the overall university marketing message as much as possible.
• Update list of faculty and related information.
  • Contact info
  • Promotions
  • Academic info such as syllabi, personal web page addresses,, etc.
  • Add or update photographs if necessary.
• Update any general information links posted.
  • Test links to see if they are still active.
  • Remove or reconnect broken links.
• Update any curriculum changes approved during the academic year by the Courses and Curriculum Committee.
  • Course additions or deletions
  • Course prerequisites, co-requisites, etc.
• Update unique documents such as Internship guidelines, student handbooks, etc.
• Update any dated information that exists.
  • Any announcements that require deadlines for submissions.
  • Any posting older than 36 months or with misleading or confusing information.
  • Any dated info that would suggest the web page is not being updated regularly.
• Update photos on department name bar on homepage.

Before Fall Semester Begins (Every 36 months):

• Pictures/videos of students in curriculum settings, labs, classrooms, events, etc.
• Pictures/videos of department facilities.

Spring Semester (Yearly):

• Update Faculty changes since the fall semester
• Update Alumni postings.