All New JISC Legal Website
JISC Legal - the JISC Advance service for helping users avoid legal barriers to the development and use of ICT in colleges and universities - has upgraded its website to allow easier access to its guidance. The service has produced a short homemade video to highlight some of the new features designed to make life easier for visitors to the website, allowing them to extract required information quickly and intuitively.
One of the most important changes is from static pages to dynamic content generated from categorised items to create web pages which are specific to 'Roles', 'Themes' and 'Legal Areas'. As well as practical, relevant text guidance, viewers will also find a range of audio-visual resources.
Examples
If you are a senior manager, you are able to select content based on the ‘Role’ that is appropriate to you, such as the IT Law for FE and HE Senior Managers publication which might serve as an introduction to relevant issues.
If you are looking for guidance on Web 2.0, you can choose that ‘Theme’ from the drop-down menu. Useful resources might include the recent JISC Legal webcast on Web 2.0 and the Law for e-Tutors.
If you want information on a current JISC Legal project, such as Open Education Resources, then this content is collected and displayed.
At JISC Legal's end, editing is fast and flexible, meaning the organisation can produce and update material more easily. Categorising content allows better targeting of materials and flags up opportunities for reuse of valuable guidance. For the user, the content which is most relevant to them is now on hand just by choosing their role or the theme that they are interested in. For those needing a quick, relevant guide to an area of law, categorisation by Legal Area remains part of the site.
Feedback
JISC Legal has a dedicated Feedback web page where you can contribute your thoughts on how the service can best help you with compliance and legal issues.