CourseWeb & UserWeb

Business Profile

Core Value Proposition

CourseWeb & UserWeb provides a platform for Carnegie Mellon University community members to publish course and user web pages.

Target Customer

Carnegie Mellon University students, faculty, and staff who publish and view course and user web pages.

Key Differentiator

Official CMU Computing Services hosted publishing platform with integrated weekly hit statistics and published documentation to assist users.

Implementation Timeline

Not specified in the available content

Pain Points

1Need an official space within CMU infrastructure to publish course and user web pages.
2Need accessible guidance on how to publish pages on the web.
3Need visibility/analytics for published pages through usage statistics.

Key Features

1Publishing for CourseWeb pages
2Publishing for UserWeb pages
3Browse/Search Courses
4Browse/Search Users
5Weekly statistics on document hits

Target Customer Industries

1Education

Decision Makers

1Student
2Faculty
3Staff

Client Results

1Published course web pages
2Published user web pages
3Access to weekly hit statistics for published pages

Competitive Advantages

1Official service backed by Carnegie Mellon University Computing Services
2Integrated documentation to assist with publishing
3Built-in usage statistics to track page activity
4Centralized hosting for course and user pages within CMU infrastructure

Key Benefits

1Official hosting within CMU infrastructure

2Support for publishing both course pages and user pages

3Guidance through published documentation

4Page hit statistics for visibility and measurement

Additional Product Information

Product Description

A Carnegie Mellon University-hosted web publishing platform enabling members to publish course and user web pages.

Target Market

Carnegie Mellon University community (students, faculty, staff)

Unique Value Proposition

Official CMU web publishing platform that combines course/user page publishing with official hosting, documentation, and analytics within CMU infrastructure.

Technical Requirements

Not explicitly specified; based on CMU's server infrastructure (www.andrew.cmu.edu).

Pricing Model

Not disclosed

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