Teaching and Learning Resource Center

Creating a Site

U.OSU allows users to create multiple sites under their account. Follow the instructions below to create a site that can be accessed from your dashboard when you login to U.OSU.

  1. Login to u.osu.edu.
  2. Click My Sites from the upper-left corner of your page. The My Sites page appears.
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    My Sites menu link in admin toolbar of U.OSU
  3. Click Create a New Site. A U.OSU form appears. From the form page, you will see a list of all sites you are a member of and the options for adding new ones.
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    Create a New Site link on My Sites page
  4. Choose the URL and title for new your site.
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    Site Name field and Site Title fields on U.OSU web page
  5. Select the language for your site.
  6. Choose the appropriate privacy options. If you wish to require a password for visitors, enter that here as well.
  7. Pick the Category of your site - Faculty, Staff, Student, Class, or Group.
  8. Click Create Site.
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    Language select box, Privacy select options, and Blog Category select box with Create Site button at the bottom

Deleting sites

While Wordpress allows you to delete your site (Tools > Delete Site), site data is not actually deleted; it simply becomes inaccessible. If you choose to delete a site, you will not be able to use the URL name again.

For course sites, we recommend bulk deleting comments / posts after the semester ends as one way to reuse your site URL.

You can transfer ownership of a site/URL by adding another user to your site in the Admin role and have that user remove your account.