Stanford provides two recommended options for instructors to publish and maintain centrally-hosted websites for their for-credit classes.
Solutions
CourseWork
Stanford’s central course management system, administered by the Libraries’ Academic Computer Services (ACS) department and used for approximately 75% of all courses.
- All-in-one system lets you post announcements and assignments, run discussion forums, assign grades, and more; the website is just one of many system components.
- Students must have a SUNet ID to access the system.
IT Services Course Support (do-it-yourself)
Recommended in cases where CourseWork’s standard format(s) do not meet instructor needs and someone is available create and maintain a webpage using HTML.
- Website is hosted on the university’s main web servers.
- Pre-defined, dedicated namespace for URL (web.stanford.edu/class/my_class_name).
School-managed websites for classes
Some schools and departments host web pages on their own servers or use third-party solutions. To pursue a local hosting option, talk to administrators and colleagues within your department or submit a HelpSU request .
Online courses
To learn more about on and off campus options for websites for classes, as well as the Class2Go system and other options for creating an online Stanford course, read the October 22 Stanford Daily article discussing the topic.
More options
- Go back to the publish a website guide page.
- Dive deeper into web solutions for specific tasks.
