I. Overview

The college hosts six core websites and many subsites. The following are the core sites:

• Moody College of Communication
• Department of Advertising and Public Relations
• Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders
• Department of Communication Studies
• School of Journalism
• Department of Radio-Television-Film

If you require a minor change to the website, please send that request to the Moody Webmaster (comm-webmaster@austin.utexas.edu)

If, however, you need to make frequent changes to one of the websites or subsites you should have your Supervisor submit a request to become a Web Content Editor. 

II. Receiving Authorization for Authoring

a. Requesting Access

Please have your Supervisor request access by creating a work request through the Moody Technology Services Web Help Desk. 

The email should include:

• • Your EID
  • Your Email Address
  • The Site (or Sites) you will need access to
  • The End-Date of your access (if any)
  • Your Supervisor's Contact Information

You will be notified by email once a user account has been created for you. Then follow the steps below to activate your account.

Note - If your Supervisor does not have a Web Help Desk account, please have them submit a request by email to comm-help@austin.utexas.edu.

b. Activating Account

At this point, you should have been notified that your user account has been created. To activate this account, click the URL below for the website you requested access to. Sign in with your EID and password.

• • Moody College of Communication -> https://moody.utexas.edu/user/
  • Department of Advertising and Public Relations -> https://advertising.utexas.edu/user/
  • Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders -> https://csd.utexas.edu/user
  • Department of Communication Studies -> https://commstudies.utexas.edu/user/
  • School of Journalism -> https://journalism.utexas.edu/user/
  • Department of Radio, Television, and Film -> http://rtf.utexas.edu/user/

Congratulations on creating your account! However, for security and safety purposes (in case of phishing bots!), your Account will be created with minimal permissions (read: "none").

Follow the steps below to have your Account authorization changed from default status to authorized user.

c. Setting Permissions

You have an active account but still need editing permissions.

Send an email to the Moody Webmaster (comm-webmaster@austin.utexas.edu) stating that you have signed in successfully and are now in need of permissions. Please be sure to include your Technology Services Web Help Desk Issue # in the email. The Webmaster will then assign your Account the additional permissions needed.

You will be notified via email when you have been setup with the correct permissions. Then you are good to go. You will be able to make the necessary changes.

Please keep UT Austin’s Web Publishing Guidelines in mind when publishing content.

III. Further Reading

• Drupal.org | The Drupal Cookbook (for beginners) | Users, Roles and Permissions