ICT in Education
Why have a website?
Planning
To ensure your website is successful, careful planning is needed. Here are the areas that you should consider. You should set up a website team who will be responsible for the creation and upkeep of the website. Think about who will be involved and what training they may need.
Accessibility issues | Look at existing school websites | Check out authority guidelines | Design and usability | Data protection and copyright issues |
| How easy is it to access the information on your website? Read more about website accessibility. | Get inspiration and ideas from other school websites. | Your local authority may have guidelines for creating a school website. | An important process to go through to ensure the success of your website. Find out more about design and usability. | Find out more about making your website safe and legal. |
| Safety issues | Use of sound and video clips | Who is contributing to the website? | Adapting existing text |
| Consider the issues around keeping the website safe. Find out more about safety issues. | Make sure you use copyright-free resources or find out how to get permissions for other material. | Will staff, pupils and parents all be adding to the content of the website? Think about who your audience is. | Do you already have material that you want to put on the website? How can this be adapted? |