Philosophy
The University of Minnesota, Crookston (UMC) recognizes the educational impact and opportunities afforded by the creation and use of "home pages" or "web pages" for the World Wide Web (WWW).

As part of UMC's commitment to being technology-driven, UMC encourages all interested students to create personal web pages. These web pages will be hosted on a designated web server at UMC as a service to students.

Eligibility/Conditions
Students maintaining web pages on any of UMC's designated student web page servers:

• must be currently registered, technology fee paying students attending UMC
• must include the following disclaimer on all pages:

  "The views and opinions expressed in this page are strictly those of the page author. The contents of this page have not been reviewed or approved by the University of Minnesota."

• are initially limited to 10 MB of space on the server for their web page(s). Additional space up to 40 MB may be requested by students on a case-by-case basis.
• must follow U of M guidelines for personal pages
• must include the page author's name, a mechanism for contacting the page author either as a "mailto:" link or as simple text, and the date the page was last modified on all web pages

NOTE:  A web resource site is available for student, faculty and staff reference at http://www.crk.umn.edu/technology/webtech/ . 

Additional Guidelines and Procedures

• UMC maintains no responsibility and no liability for files in a student's web account. Students are responsible for making backup copies of all files in their web accounts.

• Under U of M policy, personal Web page authors are not permitted to use the University of Minnesota wordmark or other text or design elements in such a way as would imply that their personal pages are an institutional resource of the University.

• University of Minnesota resources may not be used to create web pages primarily for personal business or personal gain, except as permitted by other University policies.

• Pages will be removed from the UMC host server when the individual is no longer a registered, technology fee paying student of UMC, unless other arrangements are made

• Pages that interfere with the management and operation of UMC's educational mission may be removed at the discretion of the webmaster and director of computing services.

• Advertising, libelous materials, and any communications which violate applicable laws and regulations are prohibited and will be removed.

• Because of questions surrounding the legality of some MP3 or music files, students are discouraged from storing MP3 files in their web accounts.  Students are warned that if MP3 files are discovered in their web accounts, those files may be removed and/or proper authorities may be notified.

• Individuals may not automatically direct electronic mail to anyone without that person's permission.
  
  
• See also:  UMC Network Use Guidelines