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How to Create a Personal Academic Website
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How to Create a Personal Academic Website

This is a step-by-step guide on how to create a personal academic website. Good for PhD students, postdocs, and profs
Created byMichael Rank
Last updated 3/2016
English

What you'll learn

  • Make their own simple academic website
  • Learn basic website design
  • Make sure that their academic website is at the top of any Google search

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Course content

4 sections • 6 lectures • 19m total length

  • How to set up web hosting4:54

    This video describes how to get a hosting account for your personal academic website in a few very simple steps.

  • How to add pages to your new website - NOTE: DOWNLOAD PILCROW THEME HERE5:23

    This video describes how to add the first pages to your new website and which pages are absolutely necessary.

  • How to design your academic website6:22

    This video shows you which design elements turn a generic page into something that fits your research field. An easy guide to design for those who know little to nothing about it.

Requirements

  • basic computer competence
  • Know how to upload images
  • comfortable with Wordpress interface

Description

This is a step-by-step guide on how to create a personal academic website. You will be able to build a personal academic website in approximately 10 minutes, from start to finish.

  • Great for Phd students, post-docs, adjuncts, or tenure-track professors
  • Course has videos, text, and audio guides
  • Over 30 minutes of course content
  • Control your online digital presence as an academic

The only prerequisties are to have on hand a CV, a profile picture, and a basic description of your research.

Who this course is for:

  • Academics who want their own website
  • Academics who want a simple guide to making their own website
  • NOT for anyone who wants to make an extremely complicated website

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