Web Services

Student Guidelines

Providing content for students about clubs and organizations.

1. Club and organization advisors should contact Doug Kirchberg at (608) 246-6576 for website requests.
   
2. All new websites must meet the following criteria:

1. Contact name and the email of the page author included on the bottom of each page;
2. A last modified date at the bottom of each page.
3. Disclaimer statement at the bottom of each page.
   Disclaimer:
   This page was created and maintained by students of Madison Area Technical College. The college is not responsible for the accuracy, content, currency, completeness or availability of information on this page or site links to this page. Questions about this page should be directed to the page author listed below. Students maintaining this webpage have agreed to adhere to the college's student Website Publishing Guidelines, Student Computer Systems Acceptable Use Guidelines and Student Code of Conduct.
4. Follow the Student Computer Use and Acceptable Use Guidelines and Student Code of Conduct
5. Websites will only be hosted on MATC servers

3. Your club or organization is responsible for ensuring the information contained is of the highest editorial standard (correct spelling, punctuation, grammar, style) and factually accurate.
   
4. It is the club or organization responsibility to ensure that it obtains express written permission for all media used of not only the person or organization that owns the image, but of any person included within the image. Permission to include non-MATC owned photos, images, trademarks and copyrights must be noted on the page and you must retain a copy of the written permission. MATC strictly adheres to federal copyright law. Contact Terrie Thorstad at (608) 246-6113 if you need additional copyright information.
   
5. External link requests must meet at least one of the below criteria and may be reviewed by the Student Life office to determine appropriateness for posting.
   
   1. non-profit sites must provide meaningful, accurate information to students, employees and the general public that is directly related to the college's purpose and mission;
      
   2. commercial site link requests will be considered only for organizations or services that have significant partnerships and/or provide important support or unique information to the college and/or students;
      
   3. the program, or part of the college most closely associated with the service, or message of the requested link, strongly endorses or supports the request;
      
   4. the link provides vital and unique information or services related to the purpose and mission of MATC that is not available elsewhere to students, employees or the public.
      

      Links to external pages that do not meet MATC guidelines and standards will not be permitted and will be removed when reported or discovered. If a link is found in violation, the link will be removed. MATC is not responsible for the accuracy, content, currency, completeness, or availability of information to non-MATC pages and site links.
      

6. Advertising is not allowed on public, instructional or employee pages of the MATC Website. MATC pages are not to be used for subject matter unrelated to the college or for personal gain.
   
7. The spellings of many new web and technology-related terms have not yet become standard in the English language. Until an accepted standard is established, we endorse the use of uniform spellings on our website and in other publications and communications. For more information see the Web Style Guide.

Last modified: August 18, 2008

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