Basic WebCT Course Design

Here is the 'Basic WebCT Course Design' course (57 minutes). It is designed for use with WebCT 4.1.

It is in .wmv format. If you do not have the software to view it, we recommend that you install Windows Media Player version 8.0 or above.

Introduction - 9 minutes

• Intro to course (0.48)
• What is WebCT? (2.21)
• Logging in (1.31)
• Checking your web browser (1.22)
• The MyWebCT page (2.38)

Adding Pages and Tools - 22 minutes

• Course Homepage (3.00)
• Types of access and tabs (2.02)
• Add Page or Tool - Options (0.51)
• Add a Discussion Tool (2.08)
• Changing icons (2.42)
• Add a mail tool (1.16)
• Add another organiser page (0.44)
• Add web links to the organiser page (2.11)
• Hiding and revealing links on the organiser page (0.59)
• Specify selective release (1.26)
• Moving links (0.36)
• Moving links between organiser pages (1.29)
• Adding text blocks (2.09)

Adding Files - 9 minutes

• File management (1.56)
• Uploading a file (1.12)
• Linking to a file (2.28)
• Using zip files to upload many files (0.21)
• Creating a zip file in windows XP (1.08)
• Unzipping a file in WebCT (0.43)
• Acceptable characters for file names (1.13)

Content Modules - 6 minutes

• Content Modules - What are they? (1.34)
• Creating a content module (2.57)
• Changing the order of files in a content module (0.36)
• Changing page titles in a content module (0.38)

Other Basic Options - 11 minutes

• Allowing students access (2.39)
• Expanding Control Panel (0.28)
• Control Panel Overview (1.26)
• Manage Course Column (3.57)
• Course Setup Column(2.15)

Please give us any feedback about this course by adding a comment. Thanks.