Domain Of One's Own: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 17:17, 7 May 2026

Property	Value
Description	Website creation service
Access	Faculty, Staff, Students
Platform	Web

Description

Domain of One’s Own (DoOO) is a service allows faculty and students working on academic projects for class, research, or e-portfolios to claim a free domain name (web address) and start building their own unique website.

Students may use Domain of One’s Own for a course, program, or academic project as long as they have a faculty or staff sponsor. The sponsor needs to confirm the project and be added to the site as a User.

You can use such apps as WordPress, Omeka, and Scalar to create your own website. There are 3 areas our Domain of one’s Own initiative will focus on:

WEB LITERACY:
- Master the tools and technology that make up the web to build your own space online.
DIGITAL IDENTITY:
- Explore the notion of digital identity and how publishing on the web can frame an identity.
RECLAIM:
- Learn to take ownership and control over the content you put on the web instead of handing it to third-party publishers.

Faculty are encouraged to create a domain both for their own professional use and for the use of public course projects. Domains are not a replacement for Moodle but are rather intended to create space for faculty to:

Collaborate with students on a digital course and/or research projects
Develop data visualization projects or blogs
Showcase your own research and teaching activities
Curate your professional online presence
Have your students develop e-portfolios
Design a landing page for your academic conference or event

Getting Started

Use the navigation links below to get set up with your own domain.

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