Web Communications

As a cooperative effort of the Office of University Relations and Information Services, the Office of Web Communications provides full-service web development, training and support. We assist departments, offices and units of the university establish and maintain a web presence.

Our focus is on marketing communications work such as strategy, presentation, usability, design, and web standards. We also offer extensive support, including project management, vendor relationship management, and custom database and application development.

Web Communications develops, manages and maintains both the architecture and content of The University of Tulsa's public web site. These resposibilities include:

  • Managing the structure and content of the TU web site
  • Maintaining web content and graphic standards
  • Managing Web Projects including Information Services development components
  • Managing administration and development of the Content Management System  
  • Providing training and support to campus community
  • Performs research and analysis using site reviews, usability testing, online surveys, web traffic analysis, and link tracking.

How Web Communications functions


Consulting

In its primary role as a consultant, the bulk of Web Communication's project work consists of web site re-design for various entities within the University. Clients include schools, academic departments, administrative units, and affiliated centers. The office works in varying degrees of partnership with clients; some clients have their own design team and require only minimal assistance with scripting or templates, for example, while others need the full range of services available.


Project Leads and Teamwork

Web Communications is a collaborative environment in which projects generally have a developer and designer team at their core, with editor/content manager and office coordinator participation as well as student/web tech assistance at key points in the development process. Staff members are encouraged to seek the perspective of others in the office when investigating solutions to client needs. All projects are overseen by the Director of Web Communications.


It continues to be the desire of the University that information provided via the World Wide Web is accurate and consistent and that those who present University information do so freely and openly within the constraints of University policies and State and federal laws, including copyright laws.