The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, UTRGV, seeks to ensure all official University websites and web resources align with the University's identity standards and strategic goals; provide a consistent navigation and user experience for all; and comply with all applicable UTRGV, state and federal requirements.
University Marketing and Communications Role
The Office of University Marketing and Communications (hereinafter referred to as UMC) is authorized to and/or responsible for the following:
- Providing strategic leadership to ensure that the campus web environment is meeting the needs of the University;
- Establishing the official University website uniform brand strategy, including developing web design guidelines that are consistent with and promote the University's brand integrity and strategic goals;
- Developing and supporting the official University web framework which includes content management system, themes, templates, and user experience elements for official University websites;
- Approving new university-level web initiative requests and assigning any new official University addresses; Approving and assigning new web addresses under the utrgv.edu domain in compliance with this policy.
- Approving and assigning new web addresses within the web architecture of their respective colleges, schools, departments, divisions, research centers, and/or administrative office;
- Taking necessary action to ensure all University websites and web resources are compliant with the mandatory requirements of this policy, including removal of content and/or websites; and
- Coordinating a forum on campus for all employees with official web-related responsibilities.
Information Technology Role
The Office of Information Technology (hereinafter referred to as IT) is authorized to and/or responsible for the following:
- Setting the standards for website security;
- Removing any official or unofficial University website that shows any indication of a security breach, including but not limiting to inappropriate content or malicious code; and
- Ensuring third party technologies meet University standards.
- Provide awareness and support with accessibility standards as well as clarifications for users on web accessbility compliance.
Note: Unofficial Websites
The Office of University Marketing and Communications site authorizers and IT are not responsible for the development, oversight, and quality of unofficial University websites and/or unofficial web resources.