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General Web Page Policies for www.nsuok.edu and www.nsuba.edu

Policy 1

Official NSU web pages follow NSU Policies for World Wide Web. Content is approved by the appropriate College, Department or administrative unit to which the individual page pertains. Links from the NSU “front page” are approved by the NSU Department of Public Relations after compliance with NSU WWW policies.

Policy 2

All document content must comply with copyright laws, obscenity laws, defamation laws, harassment laws, the Right to Privacy Act, NSU standards and policies, and any appropriate Federal, State, or local laws regulating computer and telecommunications use. NSU equipment cannot be used for commercial, political or religious purposes. The sponsoring unit (i.e. Department) must provide written evidence of approval from their immediate supervisor. Appropriateness of content is the responsibility of the sponsoring unit.

Policy 3

Each individual who accesses external information via the WWW is under the same policies developed for Internet usage:

· The material contained in World Wide Web is not produced by NSU and does not necessarily reflect the opinions or views of NSU.
· NSU does not control the content of World Wide Web.
· World Wide Web is a product of an unrestricted, international, networked database.
· Within this vast source of information the content of certain items may be offensive to some people.
· As a potential consumer of these materials, you are expected to exercise appropriate judgment and sensitivity as to how the materials are used.
· By using the World Wide Web you assume full responsibility for what you examine, post, and copy from this service.
· Your actions while using this service must not violate University policies or federal, state, or local laws.

Policy 4

Northeastern State University reserves the right to remove any web pages that do not comply with the above statements or contain information that reflects negatively on NSU.

Policy 5

A contact person should be designated by the entity represented for each page on the NSU Web and that person will be responsible for keeping content up-to-date. Backup copies of posted information should be kept by the contact person.

Policy 6

The Web Coordinator’s Office in the NSU Public Relations Department can provide some assistance to NSU departments and organizations with the development of their web sites/pages.

Policy 7

All text materials submitted for inclusion on the NSU Web must be in a Word (.doc), Text (.txt), or Rich Text (.rtf) file. Supplied graphic materials must be provided as photographic prints or in GIF or JPG format. Navigational and theme graphics will be devised by the Office of the Web Site Coordinator, NSU Department of Public Relations.

Policy 8

Questions about attending NSU should be directed to: Director, High School and College Relations at nsuinfo@nsuok.edu.

Policy 9

All materials for Official NSU Web pages must be approved by the Department of Public Relations before they are released.

Policy 10

Any questions regarding appropriate use on www.nsuok.edu and www.nsuba.edu will be addressed by the Executive Officers of NSU. Any questions regarding appropriate use on arapaho.nsuok.edu will be addressed by the Academic Affairs Office.

Policy 11

NSU regards accessibility as a very important issue and is striving to make all main access pages on the main University sites (www.nsuok.edu and www.nsuba.edu) compliant with Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act. Faculty, staff, University departments and organizations, as well as students are encouraged to learn more about Web accessibility and take the proper steps to make their web pages and sites compliant with Section 508. Some good resources are:

About Section 508
General Services Administration - http://www.section508.gov/
Department of Justice - http://www.usdoj.gov/crt/508/508law.html

Internet Access Groups & Organizations
W3C Web Accessibility Initiative - http://www.w3.org/WAI/
WebAIM - http://www.webaim.org/
EASI - http://www.rit.edu/~easi
National Center for Accessible Media - http://ncam.wgbh.org
Center for Applied Special Technology - http://www.cast.org
HTML Writers Guild - http://www.hwg.org

Validators, Screen Readers, & Other Assistive Technologies
HTML Validator - http://validator.w3.org
Bobby Accessibility Validator - http://www.cast.org/bobby/
WAVE Accessibility Tool - http://www.wave.webaim.org/index.jsp
JAWS - http://www.freedomscientific.com
Home Page Reader - http://www-3.ibm.com/able/hpr.html
Opera Web Browser - http://www.opera.com
Color Blindness Simulator - http://www.vischeck.com/

 

College/Department Specific Policies
Personal Web Page Guidelines (for Arapaho server)
Student Organization Specific Policies