Research Lab Web site Service

• Summary of your research

• Links to papers or publications or other research data

• Downloads of data repositories (as long as it is under the 20GB data storage limit)

• Lab member information and bios

• Special events hosted by your lab or research project

• News about your lab or research project

• Frequently asked questions

• Ongoing research projects

• Photo Galleries

Disallowed Usage:

• Sites that are mostly academic or biographical. If your only content consists of your CV, list of publications, list of research interests, biographical information, personal honors or awards, grants awarded, courses taught, or other general contact information, please place this information on your directory page of your departmental web site.

• Sites that are exclusively for the purpose of promoting conferences or major events.
  It is fine to post a conference event on your site but the entire site MUST NOT be dedicated to a conference. 

• Sites for hosting course materials. Course materials should not be stored on these sites in any form. Course materials should be on eLC only or on your own OneDrive. 

Maintenance Requirement

Sites should be actively maintained, which means content should be updated at least 1x per year. These sites are not for long term storage or archival purposes. All links should be checked each year to ensure they are still working. 

Accessibility Requirement

Franklin College is committed to ensuring that all users, regardless of ability, can access and interact with online content produced by our college. Recent changes to federal law make this commitment more important than ever.

On April 24, 2024, the U.S. Department of Justice issued an update to Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). This rule requires state and local governments, including public higher education institutions, to ensure that all digital content is accessible to individuals with disabilities.

This includes:

• Websites

• Course materials

• Mobile applications

• Electronic documents

• Email and social media content

The rule became effective on June 24, 2024, and the University of Georgia must be in full compliance by April 24, 2026.

To support you in meeting these requirements, we have developed a Digital Accessibility Handbook. This resource provides practical guidance, recommendations, and tools on evaluating, creating, and managing accessible content. This guide will be updated in a ongoing basis as new needs arise and processes change over time. Please review the handbook and select the content areas relevant to your work:

• Understanding Digital Accessibility

• Why should I be concerned and how does this apply to me?

Franklin OIT will work with units to identify and notify of non-compliant content and methods and may reach out to administration or individuals to make recommendations on solutions or methods to address accessibility concerns. It will require a concerted effort across all faculty and staff to ensure that we’re able to meet the goals and sustain these new practices beyond the deadline. Both of our Instructional Technology and Web Services Teams have open office hours for drop-in and can be scheduled in advance for other times.

Your role in ensuring accessibility is critical and is necessary for all faculty and staff. By following these guidelines, we can provide equitable access to all members of our community.

Eligibility

Faculty and Research Lab Sites are only available to active, paid Franklin College Faculty who are full-time 9 or 12 month employees

Excluded individuals include: 

• Emeritus Faculty

• Retired Faculty

• Any faculty member with "Ltd Term" in title

• Any faculty member with "part time" in the job classification.

• Any faculty member with "Occ" in title

• Non-Compensated Affiliate Faculty

• Temporary Faculty

Example Sites

Below are a few sites that have been built using this service. Each site owner has some flexibility in deciding how to lay out the homepage using and organizing content so you may see some differences in the types of content or layout of front page. While we are not able to provide one on one service, if you find a site you like, you can drop into our office hours to ask how they did certain things or emulating what you see on these sample sites.

• https://diversitythroughdance.franklinresearch.uga.edu/

• https://bands.franklinresearch.uga.edu/

• https://bff.franklinresearch.uga.edu/

• https://chunglab.franklinresearch.uga.edu/

• https://ccnl.franklinresearch.uga.edu/

• https://blackatlantic.franklinresearch.uga.edu/

• https://performinghistory.franklinresearch.uga.edu/

• https://anderson.franklinresearch.uga.edu/

• https://amsterlab.franklinresearch.uga.edu/

• https://stanger-hall.franklinresearch.uga.edu/

Requesting Use and Support

New Clients

NOTE: Your site will not be made "live" until it is complete and all content is available. We will not deploy a site with any "coming soon" messages. If you do not work on your site for more than 3 months, it is automatically locked and taken down. 

Existing Clients

You should have received a URL to manage your site. Please login using your MyID and password. If you do not have the URL for managing your site, please submit a helpdesk ticket to request the correct information.

Current Rates for Service*

*Franklin college is covering the cost of hosting these sites currently, but we reserve the right to pass these costs along to the customer. We agree to give at least 6 months notice of any fees to be assessed, and customer will be able to opt-out of the service at that time. 

Additional Documents and Information for Service

Need Help? 

We are not able to support installation of any other theme on the Research web server.

Documentation for managing your Research Lab Web site

Content Restrictions and Advisories

Clients are responsible for ensuring that they are authorized to use any copyrighted material that may be posted on their websites. If OIT receives a copyright infringement notification, we may need to take all or part of the site offline until the issue can be rectified. Units must receive permission from students prior to posting images of students on their websites. Content must also adhere to local, state, and federal laws as they apply. Sensitive data may not be stored on the CMS service at any time. The presence of sensitive data will necessitate taking the site off line until all risks have been documented and mitigated.

All Faculty web sites must include the following UGA disclaimer:

“The content and opinions expressed on this Web page do not necessarily reflect the views of nor are they endorsed by the University of Georgia or the University System of Georgia.”

The full policy is published here: http://styleguide.uga.edu/index.php?/entries/website_design_templates_an...(link)

Data backup and Recovery

OIT Responsibility

We will operate this service in accordance with our service level agreement.