Privacy on the web

Before you continue, there are some things you should think about and some decisions you need to make about how you wish to present yourself online.

You should know that this site is open to the public web and can be accessed by anyone with a web browser. Accordingly, you need to decide how comfortable you are with having a public persona on the web. Many of you already have a public persona in the form of social media or gaming accounts or even your own websites. The intent of this site is to allow you to build a professional persona on the web based on your time studying at TWU.

Some of you are being asked to create a site as part of a course, others need to create a professional portfolio for outside regulatory bodies, like PYP students in Education. If you are not comfortable with creating an online persona, there are several strategies for you to protect yourself.

• You can sign up without using your real name; you are welcome to choose a pseudonym. This will allow you to develop digital literacies as you build a site, but remain anonymous on the web.
• You can choose your privacy settings and hide your site from the web or share it only with the people you choose.
• You can protect individual pages or posts on your site with a password.
• You can choose which items on your site are linked in menus or not.
• If none of the above strategies will protect your privacy, you can speak with your instructor about alternate methods of completing the requirements of the assignment. Some people might be in physical danger if they were to be ‘found’ online. If this is you, please speak with your instructor.

By continuing with signing up for a site on create.twu.ca (this site), you agree that you will abide by the TWU Website Usage Policy, specifically Part V.  By using this site, you are confirming that you are a current student, staff, administrator or faculty member of Trinity Western University and that you have read and agree to be bound by the TWU Website Usage Policy.