Web
The web is a crucial part of how Colby communicates both internally and to the outside world. Our goal is to connect projects to sensible technology solutions and facilitate the creation of impactful web experiences across the community.
Questions Regarding Web?
Contact [email protected]
Getting Started
Use the chart below to help guide you in the right direction. What are you looking to do?
Colby.edu | Web.colby.edu | ColbyNow | Moodle | Events.colby.edu | |
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Create a site for my course | X | ||||
Host documents for my course | X | ||||
Make an announcement about my academic department or administrative office to the community | X | ||||
Create a public personal faculty or CV site separate from my directory profile | X | ||||
Create blog posts about my academic department, program, or office | X | X | |||
Create a public website for classroom labs, projects, initiatives, or committees | X | ||||
Post about an event online | X | X | |||
Create or update general information about my academic department or office | X |
Colby.edu
As Colby’s primary resource for information about the College, these pages are managed by the Office of Communications and convey the identity of the College to the wider world. Contact the Office of Communications to obtain access to colby.edu to make changes to your academic department or administrative office site.
Need to make an edit to an existing website? Each department should have a website point person trained in making basic updates (for academic departments, this should be the department’s Administrative Assistant). We offer on-demand training videos for logging into and editing websites on www.colby.edu websites here. For sites on subdomains that utilize the Elementor editor (i.e. life.colby.edu), please submit a request for training from Communications.
Is your department looking to add a new page or make a larger update to the website’s design or structure? Unsure how to make a necessary edit on a web page? Need login access? Have general questions? Submit a request to Communications.
Web.colby.edu
This is a free, self-service tool for building websites that are managed by Academic ITS. Web.colby.edu is built in WordPress, which offers design flexibility and the ability to add substantial functionality through plugins. Academic ITS oversees web.colby.edu and can provide training and support as-needed.
ColbyNow
ColbyNow is Colby’s internal communications platform where community members can post announcements and raise awareness of campus events. Access to ColbyNow is only available to current community members, including faculty, staff, and students.
ColbyNow is designed for users to submit their own posts. Navigate to colby.edu/now, login if prompted, and use the “Submit +” button to create your post.
Moodle
Moodle is where academic course websites are created and course materials are hosted. Moodle is maintained by Academic ITS.
Events.colby.edu
Events.colby.edu is our online campus calendar. Events on this website are fed automatically from EMS (Event Management System). All events happening at the College should be listed here. To create an event, contact the Colby Events Office.
Analytics and Website Tracking
The College uses SiteImprove to track traffic and user behavior across websites. Inside Colby’s SiteImprove instance, there are also ways to generate reports tracking accessibility, SEO, broken links, and misspellings. To place tracking on your website or to obtain access to Colby’s SiteImprove instance, contact the Office of Communications.
Reporting Web Issues
All bugs found on externally facing websites, such as colby.edu or related sub-domains (museum.colby.edu, afa.colby.edu, goldfarbcenter.colby.edu), should be reported to [email protected].
Resources for Developers
Need to write code for a Colby project?