Follow these steps to register your domain name. Once your domain is registered, you’ll be ready to customize your site. To register your domain, visit musites.org. 1. Click Get Started or Login. You are prompted to log in to WordPress. Log in using your Maryville University credentials. 2. Type your first name and last […]
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Sarah Houts
Suggested Web Design Applications
MU Sites supports any application you want to install. If you want to build a website, there are several applications available to help. The software you would install to build a website is different than the software you would use to build a wiki. The below guide compares three wiki apps: Drupal, Known, and WordPress. […]
cPanel Functions: Awstats
Awstats provides you with stats on site traffic using the Advanced Web Statistics software, which gives you information about how users access your website. Follow these instructions to access these statistics. 1. From your cPanel, in the Metrics section, click Awstats. 2. Click View next to the domain you want to review statistics for. […]
cPanel Functions: Backups
Each application in your cPanel allows you to customize your website, empowering it with email capabilities and aliases, giving you access to unlimited storage through an FTP server, and protecting your domain through backups and advanced protective software. If you have any questions, or would like to learn about an application not listed, email Learning Design […]
Website Organization
Your visitors are on your website become they’re looking for something. Make it easy for them to navigate and find exactly what they’re looking for. Depending on the purpose of your website, the decisions you make about where to put your information and how to organize it will vary greatly. Great websites are designed with […]
Building an ePortfolio
In this section, we’ll discuss: What is an ePortfolio? Why create an ePortfolio? What does an ePortfolio include? How is an ePortfolio created? ePortfolio Examples What is an ePortfolio? An ePortfolio is essentially a story of who you are. It showcases the work you’ve produced, the skills you’ve developed, and the knowledge you’ve gained. A […]
Branding
In this section, we’ll discuss: Design What is a brand? Branding Concepts Brand Design Elements Create a Gravatar Design Before we delve into official branding, it’s useful to understand some basic design principles. There are six principles of design and they work together to influence how we interact with the visual elements around us. Also, […]
Creating a Subdomain
At this point, you have a website that is up and running. Some students may want to create multiple sites that appeal to different audiences or sometimes an instructor will require you to post something to a website as part of an assignment. When you want to create a separate site without registering a whole […]
Testing Students
MU Sites offers a unique opportunity for your students to become digitally competent in learning how to design, create, and update a website. Using MU Sites as part of your course curriculum requires you as professors to adapt class tests, quizzes, and projects accordingly to supplement your students’ online learning. This section discusses some suggestions […]
Creating a Course Page
As professors, you have so much information to share with the academic world. More likely than not, you created a domain with the intent to share that information, including your CV, membership on scholarly boards, etc. It is also extremely easy to create specific sections on your website for each class you teach in an […]