There are a number of platforms available for creating course sites including Segue, WordPress and in some cases, MediaWiki.

Segue currently is the platform most integrated with our course information and has options for controlling access to sites, as well as inviting others to contribute to sites.  That said, we are planning to phase out Segue over the next year or so.  For more information, see: Segue from Segue.

WordPress is a popular blogging application that many faculty have used for course sites.  See below for more information.

 Segue is sort of like a swiss army knife.  It may be best described as a general purpose content management system.  It can be used for course websites which can include blogs, wikis, podcasting, RSS aggregation, small image collections, online discussions as so on.

If you are a serious blogger and you want to teach or learn about the current state of blogging, then you should consider using WordPress.  In the same way if you want to teach or learn about the current state of wikis, MediaWiki may be a better choice.

At the same time, Segue may be helpful in teaching the concepts of blogging and wikis since Segue abstracts these technologies into specific features and functionality…  Segue is also useful for experimenting with these types of technologies since Segue allows you to restrict access to sites you create with it.

For more information on creating a site with Segue, see: Segue > Step by Step Instructions > Creating a Site

Note: Segue will be phased out over the next year or so.  That said, we will be offering migration tools to help move sites created in Segue to other platforms. For more information, see: Segue from Segue