It is common for people to confuse the intranet and the public facing website. Although each platform is accessed through a web browser and have La Trobe information, they have different goals and objectives.
The key differences include:
- audience
- purpose
- access
- presentation
- tone
La Trobe University website
latrobe.edu.au is the central online platform for La Trobe University. It provides public information about what our University does, promotes and offers. This includes content about course information, how to apply, research, news, student life, events and more.
Our Editorial Style Guide defines how we present information on the website. This guide ensures we have a consistent style and tone of voice throughout the website.
We produce content aimed at a variety of audiences. This includes current, prospective, past students and staff, as well as various stakeholders. Our website also informs members of the greater community about our research and our wider community contributions.
The Web Operations Team manages the public facing website. We manage the operations of the website including daily updates, campaigns and major projects. Our Digital Marketing Request (DMR) system helps us to process a variety of requests. We also provide training and support to our community of web editors who help maintain the website.
La Trobe University intranet
The intranet is an internal communications platform and is used to communicate and connect with staff. It communicates news, updates and policy for staff only.
intranet.latrobe.edu.au is the internal staff communications platform for La Trobe University. The purpose of this portal is to communicate important information to our staff. Content includes strategic direction, internal policies, organisational information and a staff directory.
Our intranet looks different to our public website to ensure staff can clearly differentiate between the two.
Access to the intranet requires a staff login. This ensures private and confidential information is not accessible to the general public.
The intranet connects you to other systems on the La Trobe network, including:
- MyHR
- Digital Marketing Request (DMR) system
- Learning Management System (LMS)
- AskICT services.
The intranet is designed with a task-orientated purpose and powerful search function.
It’s managed by the Internal Communications team. To request an update to intranet content, please submit a Digital Marketing Request. Ensure the request category is tagged as ‘Intranet’ and the request type is ‘Intranet Update’.
When looking to put information online you should ask a few questions:
To ensure you are putting the correct information on the correct platform, you should ask yourself the following questions:
- Who is my audience?
- What is the purpose of my content?
- Who needs access to this information?
- How will my content be presented?
- What is the tone of my content?
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