Your website is important for communicating any changes due to coronavirus (COVID-19). The Web Team is working remotely and available to update your site. Please submit any updates through our web update request form.
NIU websites are created and maintained in Cascade Server, our web server and content management system. We can create a new site in Cascade or update an existing site for you. In certain cases, we'll give you access to Cascade so you can make updates yourself.
Please note: We offer other options for faculty websites. Read more about web support for faculty.
We can make updates to websites on the Cascade Server. If you need an update to your site, fill out our web update request form.
If you need a new website created, fill out our new site request form. We'll work with you to develop the site using an NIU web template.
We regularly convert existing sites to the newest NIU web template. Before converting your site, we'll complete an assessment of your current site. This includes:
To coordinate efforts across campus and ensure a consistent web presence for NIU, we identified three levels of Cascade access:
We provide training for each level of access. If you have any questions about access to Cascade, please contact us at webcommunications@niu.edu.
Here are some resources for contributors and managers:
We use Google Analytics to track web traffic and user behavior on most NIU websites. Analytics can reveal helpful information about visitors to your site, such as:
Contact us if you would like to know more about your site's performance.
Web and Internal Communications
Still Hall 110
Rachel Xidis
Associate Director
815-753-3655
rachelx@niu.edu