Websites Faculty Use Cases

Georgetown Working Group on Slavery, Memory, and Reconciliation

Not only are faculty using Domains as part of their course design, but the University also integrates the tool into its web ecosystem. Initiated by Adam Rothman, Marcia Chatelain, and Matthew Quallen (SFS '16) as the Archives Subgroup of the GU Working Group on Slavery, Memory, and Reconciliation, Georgetown Slavery Archive makes Georgetown’s history of slaveholding accessible to the public and provides a means for descendants to share their stories more widely.

Communication, Culture and Technology

Professors J. R. Osborn and Evan Barba, as a part of the Communication, Culture and Technology program, designed the course CCTP 506: Fundamentals of Technology, to engage students publicly within the wider discourse of how technology “works” within society, with one of the goals being to “open the black box of any technology.” Thus the course website becomes a dynamic resource for students and beyond to understand these important topics, as well as a showcase for student work.

Sociology

Community and College is a course offered by the sociology department for first year undergraduate Georgetown students to establish a culture of excellence within the frame of total health through the lessons of Jesuit values. With the mission of teaching life management as a way to reduce stress, this opportunity introduces students to scientific studies on self-care, health, psychology, resiliency, and much more. Additionally, students keep track of their progress throughout the semester through a personal domain, highlighting information related to their flourishing, which includes an evolving biography, meditations, projects, self-reflection space, and much more.

Italian Studies

Professor Louise Hipwell has her students create individual portfolio sites to share their work, as well as reflect on their language learning goals. Students upload and share artifacts throughout their two-semester course, practicing their growing language skills while building a public-facing resource they can use beyond college.