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Blogging network at Vancouver Island University

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WELCOME TO VIUBLOGS

VIUBlogs is a multisite WordPress installation offered and supported by the
Centre for Innovation and Excellence in Learning at Vancouver Island University.
WordPress blogs can be used by current employees and students to design and
develop standalone websites, blogs and portfolios that contribute to teaching
and learning at VIU.

The following guidelines explain how we support VIUBlogs and the expectations
for how employees and students will use this platform. If you have any questions
about these guidelines or using VIUBlogs, please contact us at
learnsupport@viu.ca. 


USER GUIDELINES 

 * All VIUBlogs users must abide by all local, provincial, and federal laws
   (including copyright and intellectual property law) as well as VIU’s  Use of
   Information Technology Policy and all other relevant VIU policies. 
 * VIU students must also abide by the Student Academic Code of Conduct Policy,
   and Student Code of Conduct Policy
 * VIUBlogs sites may not be used for commercial purposes or for the benefit of
   organizations not directly affiliated with the University. 
 * Official, department, program and promotional content for VIU should be
   located on the VIU website rather than VIUBlogs. Please contact ithelp@viu.ca
   to request a VIU website.  
 * Content that is found to violate laws or VIU policies may be removed or
   unpublished without notice. 


SUPPORT

 * Staff in the Centre for Innovation and Excellence in Learning (CIEL) provide
   basic orientation to using WordPress and technical support for accessing the
   platform and core functionality. To request support, email
   learnsupport@viu.ca 
 * CIEL will carry out annual site removals in accordance to the guidelines
   below to minimize the number of inactive or abandoned sites on the blogs
   network. 


SITE RETENTION & REMOVAL

 * It is the responsibility of site administrators to either transfer ownership
   of their site or export their site content and move it to a new host platform
   upon leaving the university. Steps for how to export your VIUBlogs site can
   be found on CIEL’s website.
 * VIUBlogs sites belonging to current employees or students will remain on
   VIUBlogs for as long as the site continues to be actively maintained. 
 * Sites that are not maintained and sites which do not have an active VIU
   employee or student listed as an administrator will be removed once each year
   in July. 
   * A site is considered no longer maintained if the site has not been updated
     in more than one year. Student-administered sites will be retained for at
     least one academic year after the last update to the site. 


THEMES & PLUGINS 

 * VIUBlogs offers a limited number of themes and plugins for styling and adding
   functionality to your site. Themes and plugins that present security concerns
   or which are no longer maintained by their developer will be removed from
   VIUBlogs.  
   * CIEL staff will attempt to contact administrators of blogs which will lose
     functionality or need to choose a new theme using the email address
     registered in VIUBlogs. If there is no administrator email attached to your
     site, you will not be notified of theme or plugin removal. 

If there is a functionality or theme you want for your site that is not
currently available, suggestions for new plugins or themes can be sent to
learnsupport@viu.ca. CIEL staff will evaluate the request for compatibility,
security, and privacy and make a determination about whether we can add a theme
or plugin after that evaluation.


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