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You must create a website as a dissemination tool to inform the community about the project, progress, and results. This can be a blog or wiki if it suits the nature of the project.

The project website is a dynamic showcase of what the project is doing, achieving, and learning The project website must be continually updated throughout the project to explain progress and results, and should include project plans and reports, articles published and presentations given, and project deliverables of interest to the community.

You must create the website within 3-months of the project start (for short projects e.g. 6 months this should be within 1 month). When the project website is up and running, the URL should be added to the project page on the JISC website. 

The institution must host the project website on their server for at least 3 years after the end of the project and assist JISC in subsequently archiving the site. For projects with multiple partners, the lead institution will host the website. The programme manager will inform any projects within the programme that don't have to create a project website. For very short projects (e.g. 4 months) and supporting studies creating a report as the deliverable, a project page on the JISC website is normally sufficient.

Acceptance criteria for project websites

• Content As a minimum this should include project aims and objectives, methodology, outputs and outcomes envisaged, timing, project partners, progress to date, and contact details
• Project outputs  There is a place for posting project plans and reports and project deliverables that may be of interest to the community
• Structure  It’s well structured and organised
• Standards  It adheres to JISC standards for websites including accessibility for disabled users