The Web at the UW
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- Web Publishing at the UW
- Web Training and Design Services
Web Publishing at the UW
There are many ways to make your information available on the Web. The following are tools, services, and servers you can use.
- Cloud-based Services —
The UW is partnering with both Microsoft and Google to offer
additional options for email and collaboration tools to the UW.
Currently, these services are available to current UW students,
alumni, and former students only.
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UW Windows Live
— Email, calendar, and contacts; live chat, voice, and
video; online file storage and collaborative workspace; and photo
and slideshow sharing, -
UW Google Apps
— Email and calendaring; document and presentation
creation, storage, and sharing; Web site creation; and instant
message and computer voice calling
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- Catalyst Web Tools — Web-based communication and collaboration applications
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Create and
publish your own Web site, including creating
blogs,
wikis, and
content management systems, on UW Web servers:
Local servers: Many departments, projects, and other organizations at the UW run their own Web servers. Check with your local IT support staff to see what servers may be available for you.
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Central servers: Several central UW Web servers are available:
- Student Web Server
- Staff Web Server
- Faculty Web Server
- Courses Web Server
- Departments Web Server
For more information about these servers, see Creating and Publishing Web Pages.
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Streaming Media Servers: Servers configured to stream video and audio are available for faculty, staff, and department use. Streaming Media Services describes how to use these servers.
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The UW Home Page Server: The www.washington.edu server is the location of the UW Home Page and has somewhat different procedures and features than the other central servers. For information on publishing pages on this server, see Guidelines for Publishing on the UW Home Page.
- UW Sharepoint — A Web based platform that provides collaboration tools for document sharing, content management, Web publishing and business process workflow
Related Services
Web Training and Design Services
- UW Computer Training — Free and low-cost computer training.
- Creative + Communications — Provides Web site design, production, and maintenance services, as well as electronic data management.
- University Extension Professional & Continuing Education — A variety of certificate programs, classes, workshops, and online learning choices.
- Learning & Scholarly Technologies Workshops — Free IT workshops.
- UWCreative — Offers a full range of creative studio skills to help you create and manage your Web site.
