Web Space

The update of the free-of-charge service will have no impact on your Web Space if you respect the following terms:

• Your website is public;
• You are part of the college network, and you use a valid institutional email address;
• Your website is a WordPress or Wiki-type site;
• Your website does not roll out into student multisites.

If your website is private and its content is suitable, you can simply make it public to promote its sharing and accessibility through search engines (including Eductive’s). Thus, you will preserve your eligibility for the free-of-charge service.

For security reasons, expert sites and multisite instances for students are no longer part of the free-of-charge Web Space service. These uses are no longer accepted for new website requests since November 1, 2022. From January 1, 2023, existing expert sites and multisite instances for students will no longer be eligible for the free-of-charge Web Space service and any related technical support. Users will have until September 2023 to find another hosting solution.

The free-of-charge version of the Web Space is financed by the ministère de l’Enseignement supérieur. We support the sharing and pooling of educational resources.

Thus, to remain free of charge, your Web Space will have to be publicly accessible to other members within the college network. From January 1, 2023, existing expert sites will no longer be eligible for the free-of-charge Web Space service and any related technical support. Users will have until September 2023 to make their website public or to find another hosting solution.

Do you wish to maintain your private website? Contact us to discuss the different options in order to maintain your private website (service fees apply).

In order to offer a more secure Web Space to all users, the “student multisites” option will no longer be offered with the free Web Space option. From January 1, 2023, the existing student multisites will no longer be eligible for the free-of-charge Web Space service and any related technical support. Users will have until September 2023 to find another hosting solution.

If it is a matter of pedagogical needs, please contact us. Certain uses could be maintained as part of a customized package if they comply with our security standards.

The free-of-charge version of the Web Space is financed by the ministère de l’Enseignement supérieur. Since our service agreement is intended exclusively for the pedagogical staff in the Quebec college network, the free-of-charge Web Space cannot be provided to users from another teaching level.

If you are looking for a pedagogical hosting service, contact us to share your project. We might have a customized solution that would meet your needs.

Absolutely! You should simply be aware that your Web Space must be made public and accessible to everyone through the Eductive search engine to be eligible for the free-of-charge service. The Web Space service is financed by the ministère de l’Enseignement supérieur. The free hosting service is part of a common vision to promote the sharing, spreading, and reusing of educational resources created for the network, by the network.

Definitely! The Web Space platform allows the hosting and sharing of teaching and learning resources within the college community. The hosting service is offered for free to college pedagogical staff in order to support the publishing and pooling of developed resources in the network.

Of course! Our team is available to help you with the creation of your Web Space. You would like to share a resource, but you do not wish to act as a webmaster? Contact us to share your project. We can help with the hosting, promotion, and rollout of your resource.

Please note that the technical support does not extend to third-party applications (plug-ins) installed by users within their Web Space. The users are responsible for these applications, their updates and their compatibility with WordPress or Wiki.

The mention “eductive.ca” appears from the start in the URL of all free Web Spaces. It is a way to spread this service offered for free to college network members through Eductive (Collecto). It is possible to modify the URL of your Web Space or to migrate on your institution servers, but fees apply since your instance will be considered independent from the free-of-charge service we offer.

In order to maximize the use of the free-of-charge Web Space service for the pedagogical staff in the Quebec college network, inactive Web Spaces are periodically deactivated as to free space on servers allowing other users to make use of the service.

If your departure is permanent (e.g., retirement, change of job), two options are offered to maintain your site:

• You can transfer your Web Space for free to another member of the college network who wishes to retrieve it. This person agrees to be bound by the Terms of Use in effect since November 2022.
• You have 6 months following the departure date to obtain authorization from Collecto to maintain your hosting rights (fees apply).

In case of a temporary departure, (e.g., sabbatical, leave), your Web Space will be deactivated after 1 year of inactivity. You will receive an email notification and you will have 3 months following the receipt of the notification to request the reactivation of your Web Space. If no action is taken, your Web Space will be deleted without further notice.

Please note that in every case, the users are responsible to keep their professional contact information updated in their Web Space, including a change of job to another institution, as well as keeping a backup copy of their website.

You can add videos to your Web Space, but these have to be hosted on external platforms such as YouTube or Vimeo. Your Web Space has a maximal capacity of 1 GB, including all the sites it contains (maximum of 3 sites per user). If you need more storage space for your project, contact us to discuss a customized solution.