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Lee's Summit R-7 Web Page
Guidelines
The Lee's Summit School District will only support web pages that are built using
Microsoft Word or Microsoft FrontPage. Please review these LSR7
Web Page Guidelines below before publishing your page on the Web.
Steps to getting your web page published on the LSR7 web server
once your page is built:
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Fill out the
Request for Web Folder form and send to Amy Gates at SLC |
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Allow up to two
weeks for the request to be processed |
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You will be
notified via email when the process is complete and how to map to the web
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Subject Matter
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All subject
matter on web pages should relate only to curriculum, instruction, and
school-authorized activities at both building and/or district levels
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Neither staff
nor students may publish (utilize district web servers) personal pages for
other individuals or organizations not directly affiliated with LSR7
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Neither students
nor staff may use LSR7 web pages to promote outside businesses |
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Web pages may
not contain objectionable material or point directly to objectionable
material |
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No personal
student information can be posted, with the exception of student work and/or
name if permission has been granted |
Required Information - Staff Authored Web Pages
The following information is required for all LSR7 individual
web pages including: classrooms, departments, grade levels, activities,
organizations, sports, etc.
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The name of the main page should be
"default" if using MS Word or "Index" if using MS FrontPage |
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The teacher
should only place his/her classroom web page inside his/her individual
folder |
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Grade level,
department, sport, activity, or team pages should only be in the designated
school folder (NOT located in a teacher's individual web folder) |
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A link back to
the home/school page |
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External link
disclaimer on all pages that link to outside sources |
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Copyright Notice
on all pages |
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Follow web
guidelines for posting student pictures or work |
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Material should
be kept up-to-date (Remember, only put items on that you can maintain.)
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Avoid dead links or links under construction
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Load time requirements - pages should load quickly when
accessing them from a 56K modem |
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Credit for sources must be followed
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Required Information - Building Web Pages
The following information is required for all LSR7 school web
sites:
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Building name
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Building address
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Phone number
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Administration information
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Staff voice mail numbers
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Staff e-mail addresses
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Link to the building report card
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External link disclaimer on
all pages that link to outside
sources |
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Copyright Notice on
all pages |
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Follow web guidelines for posting student pictures or work
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Link to the Partners in Education page
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Link to the LSR7 website
http://www.leesummit.k12.mo.us
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Load time requirements - pages should load quickly when
accessing them from a 56K modem |
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Avoid dead links or links under construction
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Credit for sources must be followed
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Affiliate Links and Hosting
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Links from LSR7 web pages that are not curriculum-related will require
SLC approval. Only links, which are
"affiliated with the District and not for profit", will be considered. This
includes clubs and other organizations not sponsored by district employees, but
affiliated with LSR7. |
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Non-curricular materials should be limited to
information about youth activities, agencies, or organizations that are known to
be non-sectarian, exclusively devoted to community interests or child welfare,
are non-profit, and non-discriminatory. Affiliated links that do not reside on
the district server must include the "external link" disclaimer.
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PTA and Booster Club pages, not hosted on the District web
server, can be linked from building or district web pages without SLC approval, providing that the link is accompanied by the "external link"
disclaimer. |
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PTA and Booster Clubs may host their web page on the District
site if a district staff member maintains that site and follows the District Web
Page Guidelines and Acceptable Use Procedures. |
External Links
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External links should be district, school or curriculum related.
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All pages with links pointing to web sites that reside and are maintained on
outside servers must include a written disclaimer alerting users that the link
points to an outside source. |
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The following disclaimer
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This page contains links to outside sources. The Lee's Summit
R-7 School District is not responsible for any content housed/published on those
sites.
Copyright of Student/Staff Work
All pages must contain copyright information. One of the
following two sample statements must be used:
Copyright Notice: No portion of this page may be copied without
permission of the web page author. Contact ___________________ (include email
address, as well as, name and school phone number)
Copyright Notice: This material may be freely copied.
ALL student work posted on the Internet must be accompanied by
the following statement:
Copyright Notice: This student work is copyrighted and
permission will not be granted for use.
Permission Form (Release Form) for Posting Student Work and
Pictures
Before posting students' information, name, individual
picture, or work (video or audio files, art or written work) to any web page on
the District server, a permission slip must be obtained from his/her
parent/guardian. Please use the
Elementary
Parent/Guardian Permission Form and
Secondary
Parent/Guardian's Permission Form to obtain parent/guardian permission.
Credit for Sources
Web developers should be prepared to show documentation* that
materials posted on their web pages are copyright free or permission to use
other’s materials on their web page has been granted.
*Please retain print copies of documentation pertaining to
copyright permission.
Maintenance of Web Pages
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Building web
managers are responsible for the publishing and maintenance of their
individual school web sites |
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Pages should be
checked monthly for dead links, appropriateness, up-to-date content and
relevancy |
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Staff members
are responsible for publishing and maintaining their individual web pages
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Content within a
staff member’s web folder is the responsibility of that staff member
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Good Web Writing Recommendations
1. Content should be emphasized
rather than appearance
2. Appearance of web pages should
be checked on multiple machines using several different web browsers
3. A description should accompany
each link to all outside sources
4. Titles should be easy to locate
and on each page
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