Contents of all digital pages must comply with Â鶹ÊÓƵ and Texas State University System policies and all local, state and federal laws. This includes links or automatic refreshes to other pages or computers; therefore, a page is non-compliant if it contains links or automatically refreshes to another page in violation of the policy.
All personnel responsible for any portion of the Â鶹ÊÓƵ website should be familiar with university policies.
All pages shall:
All pages shall not:
These are pages that represent the university as a whole and do not represent a particular unit, department or college. Most of the pages in www.lamar.edu, lamar.edu/faculty-staff and events.lamar.edu are Level I pages.
The Official Â鶹ÊÓƵ Home Page, www.lamar.edu, supports the mission and purposes of the university by providing an online channel for distributing information about LU to the world. The page contains a wide range of information of interest to the public and to members of the Â鶹ÊÓƵ community. The Office of Marketing Communications designs and maintains this page, and all pages linked to it should serve as a means of advancing Â鶹ÊÓƵ’s Mission and Core Values.
LU Connect is a portal for Â鶹ÊÓƵ students, faculty, and staff and provides a common space to access digital services such as LU Email, LU Learn, evaluations and registration and payment. It and all pages linked to it should foster Â鶹ÊÓƵ’s mission and core values.
Examples of appropriate material for Level I pages:Subsites of the Â鶹ÊÓƵ website that represent individual departments, units or colleges. Each department develops and maintains these pages, and each department is responsible for content, timeliness and adherence to these policies.
The university encourages all academic and administrative departments to maintain pages. All Level II pages must link to the lamar.edu website and/or to luconnect.lamar.edu (LU Connect). Vice presidents, deans, department chairs and directors shall have authority over content for websites within their administrative domains.
Design standards for Level II pages:
Professional pages for individual employees with content directly related to the faculty or staff member's official capacity at the university. Employees develop and maintain these pages individually with the support of the department, and each employee is responsible for content, timeliness and adherence to these policies.
Official Â鶹ÊÓƵ professional pages directly related to the individual faculty or staff members’ official capacity at the university may be linked to the lamar.edu website using the text "Official Faculty Site[Page]" . Vice presidents, deans and department chairs shall have authority over these websites.
Design standards for Level III pages:
Examples of appropriate material for Level III pages:
See Section 3.9 for navigation requirements.
Please note that advertisements for commercial products or enterprises are not appropriate.
Official pages of registered student organizations recognized by the Division of Student Engagement. Each student organization develops and maintains these pages, and they are subject to the authority of the student engagement division through the OrgSync system. Each organization is responsible for content, timeliness and adherence to these policies.
Student organizations recognized by the Division of Student Engagement must maintain their official web sites using the system managed by that office. These sites may link to the www.lamar.edu website. The vice president of student affairs has authority over these websites. Pages must comply with general university standards as previously stated.
The following disclaimer must appear on all Â鶹ÊÓƵ student organization websites on the entry page:
"The views and opinions expressed in this document are strictly those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views or opinions of the State of Texas, the Regents or officials of The Texas State University System, the Â鶹ÊÓƵ Administration, Â鶹ÊÓƵ colleges or departments or any recognized Â鶹ÊÓƵ organization. Comments on the contents of this document should be directed to the author(s)."
Please note that advertisements for commercial products or enterprises are not appropriate.
All Class IV pages must follow the design standards established by the Division of Student Engagement through the use of the OrgSync system.
Individual faculty, staff and students may create personal pages, the content of which may be unrelated to those individuals' professional roles or duties at the university. Their respective owners are responsible for their location, content, timeliness and adherence to these policies.
The university expects, and, in an effort to foster creativity and individuality, encourages unofficial web pages. Such pages may link to www.lamar.edu using the text "Unofficial Personal Site[Page]" and opening said link in a new window.
The individual is responsible for the design and content of the page and for any confidential information he or she may post on the website. The site author should obtain permission from the content owner for any use beyond fair use and only use such materials in accordance with any limitations requested by the owner. General standards previously stated apply to these pages.
The following disclaimer must appear on all Â鶹ÊÓƵ student organization websites on the entry page:
"The views and opinions expressed in this document are strictly those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views or opinions of the State of Texas, the Regents or officials of The Texas State University System, the Â鶹ÊÓƵ Administration, Â鶹ÊÓƵ colleges or departments or any recognized Â鶹ÊÓƵ organization. Comments on the contents of this document should be directed to the author(s)."
Pages may NOT use either a Â鶹ÊÓƵ official header or footer or any variation thereof, nor may they include the statement “Member The Texas State University System.”Examples of appropriate materials: