School Websites

[Maureen Moris]

I am looking into an easy way to update my school's website (currently HTML code of my own .. that old and has grown too big for me to keep up to date) setting it up so it is easier for others (who do not know html) to help me keep it fresh and new.

What are you using?

iWeb is great for teacher's to create pages, but we currently have a very cumbersome way for them to connect to the website using our FirstClass email.

Is anyone using Joomla?  

Also, working on setting up Moodle ... any advice for or against using that for teachers to be able to put parts of their classes online?  Is there something better?

Anything else out there for school websites I should look into?

Thanks for any info can share  ... 

[Brian Norman]

The Joomla and Drupal are good options as a Content Management System. We use Drupal at our school.

Moodle is the way to go for online curriculum. We have teacher putting their syllabus and class materials on Moodle, that way students always have access. Some teachers have students submit their homework via Moodle. A few take tests on Moodle, but that is more difficult unless every student has a computer.

[Barb Nelson]

The Northwest Service Cooperative has a contract with Schoolwires. Website creating/hosting.
It is very easy to set up and update. Your teachers can update their own pages. Randy Dahl from Greenbush recently started using it too. You could give him a call. He seems pelased with the service and support.

[Stephen Lien]

Laporte is using rSchoolToday. I've been pleased with what they offer, and their rates are cheaper than what I continue to see thrown my way every eRate season. The teachers don't have too difficult a time learning how to create a page, and there's many different page styles to choose from. There's nothing fantastic about it, but as we are a small school, it works well for us.