the sidebar

The sidebar is the smallish area on the right-hand side of every page in the website. For example, on this website in early August the sidebar starts off with a header called learning materials and then provides some links below it.

I'm doing something different with the sidebar area this semester due to some changes in how my web development software (RapidWeaver) works. Specifically, the sidebar will look exactly the same on every page in the website! This has several positive consequences, but the main one is that you can treat the sidebar as a practical web-based scratchpad that allows you to easily access key information, or key websites, or send emails to important people. It's always there on every page.

As currently constructed the sidebar has the following areas:

• learning materials
• assignments
• website links
• email links for individuals
• email links for groups (currently inactive)

The sidebar will evolve and change a bit over the course of the semester, but it will always be the same on every page. So if you need to quickly email Dionne, or go to Gleeson Library's website, those links will always be available to you. Pretty nice!