Web Development College-wide web development is managed by the Innovation Center in conjunction with the Web Steering Committee. The committee has established some general guidelines for personal web pages. Personal web space is provided for all college employees as part of the standard set of resources. GCC promotes a distributed web development philosophy. Various server spaces and work strategies have been developed to support distributed ownership and collaborative development of web sites while respecting college policies prohibiting password sharing.
Web development is supported in various ways.
The Web Steering Committee has endorsed the use of standard web authoring tools that are compatible with web servers on the campus. It has established a WebDev area for development tools , and a WebDev discussion group to foster collaboration. Some individual departments have designated a specific person to guide development of department web sites , a strategy promoted by the Web Steering Committee. Some faculty have received reassigned time for web site development activities. The Desktop Project provides appropriate hardware, software, and training for all college employees, including part-time workers and student employees.