E-references
Bronco NetID (exactly as shown)鈥攁 username for WMU computer systems.
Elearning (capitalized) is WMU's online learning system. The generic term e-learning is hyphenated and not capitalized.
email鈥攏o hyphen, not capitalized. Similar terms such as e-book and e-commerce are hyphenated.
email addresses鈥擴se all lowercase for email addresses and use official wmich.edu individual and office email addresses for all University communication.
GoWMU (exactly as shown)鈥擶MU's secure intranet portal. Do not refer to GoWMU as "the portal" or "GoWMU portal." Use GoWMU.
homepage鈥擨nternet term referring to the main page of a website. One word, not capitalized.
internet鈥擭ot capitalized.
intranet鈥擜 communication network within an organization or group. Not capitalized. There are hundreds of intranets at WMU, but there is only one worldwide Internet.
login, logon, logout, logoff鈥擜s a noun or adjective: one word, no hyphen, not capitalized. Example: Enter your login information. As a verb: two words, no hyphen, not capitalized. Example: Log in to the portal. If you use login, use logout; if you use logon, use logoff.
offline, online鈥擮ne word, no hyphen, not capitalized.
PDF鈥擜bbreviation for portable display format. Write "It is available as a PDF file," not "It is available as a PDF."
URL鈥擜bbreviation for uniform resource locator (also universal resource locator), a web address. "Web address" is preferred over URL in all University communication. See web addresses.
web鈥擶hen referring to the World Wide Web, web is not capitalized.
web addresses鈥擜lso known as URLs. "Web address" is preferred over URL in all University communication. The prefix http:// should not be included when listing a web address in a correspondence, publication or other printed material, and for pages at www.wmich.edu, do not include www. In print and spoken communication use wmich.edu, not http://www.wmich.edu or www.wmich.edu.
webpage鈥擮ne word, not capitalized, no hyphen.
website鈥擮ne word, not capitalized.
webcam鈥擮ne word, not capitalized.
Wi-Fi (not Wifi or WiFi).
Hints for listing Web addresses
Avoid publishing web addresses of temporary pages. In general, it is best if you can link to the information from your office鈥檚 or department鈥檚 home page and offer the home page web address for more information. This helps brand the home page.
Use common English words when creating web addresses.
Example: wmich.edu/business/conference
Do not publish web addresses for PDF files. Publish the web address for a page on which the audience can find a link to the PDF file.