Online Learning Update Ray Schroeder, editor, COLRS - Online@Illinois Springfield

Online Learning Update - a blog published daily since 2001 by Ray Schroeder, Professor Emeritus, University of Illinois at Springfield

Monday, March 18, 2002

http://www.dartmouth.edu/~webteach/articles/restrict.html

Privacy in the online classroom

One of the benefits of Web publishing is that you can make something as visible and accessible as a billboard, but only to a select audience. Although privacy seems to run counter to the philosophy of the Web — all information for all comers — in many instances you may not want your Web-based materials to be world-accessible. When considering privacy issues for your course Web site, first determine whether you have a need for restricting access to your materials. If so, evaluate the different restriction methods to determine which best accommodates your needs, and find out which ones are in use at your institution....


 



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