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Overview

ÃÛÑ¿app’s official web presence is located at www.tmcc.edu. The College’s web resources include all web pages sponsored and maintained by ÃÛÑ¿app divisions, departments, and programs, including but not limited to:

• ÃÛÑ¿app Homepage
• Official Division, Department, and Program Pages
• Key Landing Pages
• College-Sanctioned Organizations and Committees
• Instructional (Faculty) Web Pages
• Officially Recognized Student Organizations

These resources encompass all content, digital assets, and intellectual property hosted on www.tmcc.edu, as well as external online platforms such as social media, third-party websites, and cloud-based applications that are published under ÃÛÑ¿app’s name or its associated divisions and departments.

While these areas and organizations manage their own web content, they are required to comply with ÃÛÑ¿app’s web policies, standards, and all applicable College, local, state, and federal regulations.

Designated web content contributors are responsible for ensuring that the information published on their respective departmental or program pages is accurate, up to date, and in adherence to ÃÛÑ¿app’s guidelines.

Appropriate Use and Content

ÃÛÑ¿app provides access to web resources to support official College business. As the web is a communication platform and not all pages are regularly monitored by Web Services, it is the responsibility of each department’s designated web content contributors to ensure that the information they publish is:

• Current and accurate
• Aligned with ÃÛÑ¿app’s mission, policies, and procedures
• Relevant to the department’s role within the College

All content published on ÃÛÑ¿app’s website represents the College as an institution, not individual staff or students.

In order to prevent inconsistency and the unnecessary duplication of information, web content contributors are required to link or reference existing content where applicable to ensure that original sources of information are utilized, rather than recreating it on their web pages.

Web Content Contributors

Each ÃÛÑ¿app department must designate a primary web content contributor to serve as the liaison to Web Services. This individual is responsible for maintaining and updating their department’s web pages. The web content contributor should be a full-time, current ÃÛÑ¿app faculty or staff member. In cases where there is a demonstrated need, Web Services may approve a secondary web content contributor to serve as a backup.

Web content contributors are expected to:

• Regularly review their department's web pages to ensure information is accurate, up-to-date, and all links are functional.
• Follow ÃÛÑ¿app’s web policies, guidelines, and best practices.

Web Services provides training opportunities to ensure web content contributors have the knowledge and tools needed to effectively manage their department’s web pages.

Policy Violations and Oversight

If in violation of policies, ÃÛÑ¿app reserves the right to remove material posted on its web pages. The College also reserves the authority to restrict web access.

The College has appointed a broad-based committee comprised of faculty, administration and staff that is chaired by ÃÛÑ¿app’s Webmaster. The Web Advisory Committee shall serve to consider complaints, disputes, strategies and other matters regarding web policy procedures and violations in conjunction with Web Services.

Ultimate responsibility, authority and oversight of the ÃÛÑ¿app website and its resources resides with ÃÛÑ¿app's Webmaster.

Web Standards

ÃÛÑ¿app's public web presence is an important vehicle for educating and recruiting students, faculty, and staff, communicating the College’s vibrant academic environment, building community, doing business, and informing the external target audiences about the life of the College. As such, it is essential that the public ÃÛÑ¿app website conveys a cohesive visual identity, provides accurate information, is presented in a professional manner, and encourages diversity of content for academic departments, individual faculty, and various other stakeholder communities.

The organization and functionality of the ÃÛÑ¿app website is built upon tightly integrated navigation structures, specific design and style guide elements that offers ease of movement from one page to another that promotes site-wide consistency, and functionality across various and broad platforms, browsers and devices to reach the widest possible audience.

To maintain consistency and quality throughout the ÃÛÑ¿app website, all content, files and digital assets will adhere to the official ÃÛÑ¿app style guide, using established standards and best practices, and will be reviewed prior to posting online. Photographs must be of high quality, good composition, appropriate lighting, using flattering images of students and meeting all FERPA regulations for student privacy. All official faculty and staff photographs will be taken by the Marketing and Communications Office photographer. All official videos will be created and/or approved by ÃÛÑ¿app's videographer before being posted on ÃÛÑ¿app's website and YouTube channel.

Digital Content Management and Design Consistency

ÃÛÑ¿app supports and maintains a centralized enterprise web content management system (CMS) to ensure security, consistency, reliability and availability of all pages hosted at www.tmcc.edu. All web pages must conform to CMS standards. All College departments are required to utilize the CMS for all online activities, unless Web Services determines that a lack of functionality exists or other extenuating circumstances require that alternate solutions are necessary to address a specific business operating need.

All websites must use official College web page templates and specific style guidelines using the CMS as the central editor and deployment tool.

See Also: Learn more about ÃÛÑ¿app's website and CMS

PDF Files

In addition to HTML pages, departments may opt to publish Portable Document Format (PDF) files to the ÃÛÑ¿app website. Web Services will assist departments in determining the best format, as it should be known that PDF is typically not as user-friendly or as mobile-friendly as HTML.  

Should HTML not be an option, all PDF files that are posted on the ÃÛÑ¿app website will adhere to ÃÛÑ¿app's online standards for quality, branding, and accessibility and be kept current by the designated department or web content contributor.

More information about PDF publishing can be found under our Frequently Asked Questions.

Standards and Guidelines for Accessibility

Truckee Meadows Community College is committed to providing an accessible Web presence. ÃÛÑ¿app's website has been designed to adhere to an internationally recognized set of standards and guidelines provided by the World Wide Web Consortium (), including:

WCAG covers a wide range of recommendations for making Web content more accessible. Following these guidelines makes content accessible to a wide range of people with disabilities, including blindness and low vision, deafness and hearing loss, learning disabilities, cognitive limitations, limited movement, speech disabilities, photosensitivity and combinations of these. Following these guidelines also often makes web content more usable in general.

External Web Publishing, Social Media, Mobile Applications

With the rise of cloud-based web tools, mobile applications, and social media, the distinction between ÃÛÑ¿app’s official website (www.tmcc.edu) and externally hosted platforms is not always clear. However, any digital content published on behalf of ÃÛÑ¿app or its programs—whether on the College website, social media, or third-party platforms—must comply with ÃÛÑ¿app’s web policies, content standards, and branding guidelines.

Social Media and Third-Party Platforms

All ÃÛÑ¿app department social media accounts or external community-building platforms must be created and registered through the Marketing and Communications Office in collaboration with Web Services. Regardless of platform, content must meet the same standards for consistency, accuracy, appropriateness, and visual identity as content on www.tmcc.edu.

• ÃÛÑ¿app does not allow direct duplication of website content (text, images, graphics) on third-party social media sites.
• All official department and student organization websites must be hosted on www.tmcc.edu and follow design templates and style guides.
• For more details, refer to the Social Media FAQ, Social Media Procedures and Social Media Content Guidelines.

New Social Media and Digital Initiatives

As new social media platforms emerge, departments must consult with the Marketing and Communications Office before establishing a presence. ÃÛÑ¿app reserves the right to approve, limit, or delay new social media initiatives until a strategic decision is made.

Blog Hosting

ÃÛÑ¿app does not support or provide blog hosting. Those interested in blogging should explore third-party services. For guidance, contact Web Services.

External Links

External links on ÃÛÑ¿app web pages must align with the mission and purpose of the College and its departments. Links to commercial sites are permitted only if they serve as educational resources and do not compete with local businesses or generate revenue for the College or individuals.

External links must not conflict with existing ÃÛÑ¿app contracts. Web content contributors are responsible for regularly reviewing links to ensure they are active, relevant, and do not lead to inappropriate content.

All external links are subject to review and approval by Web Services.

Advertising

Advertising by external agencies is not permitted on ÃÛÑ¿app web pages unless explicitly authorized. College web pages may not be used to promote or conduct commercial or for-profit activities, nor can they be used for personal financial gain.

However, ÃÛÑ¿app web pages may market, advertise, link to, and promote College services and products. Departments may also acknowledge external sponsorships by publishing text and/or trademarks of sponsoring organizations, provided they are directly related to a collaboration, project, or service offered by ÃÛÑ¿app. Posting trademarks or logos that promote unrelated products or services is not allowed.

Website Privacy Statement

See the College’s current website privacy statement.