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Basic WebCT Instructions — Getting Started
Tip: Don't use the Wizard. Use "Control Panel" instead.
How to create a folder on your course homepage (e.g. Homework, E-Mail, PowerPoints, Handouts, Discussions, etc.)
1. Go to "Control Panel"
2. Click "add Page or Tool"
3. Click "Add Course Content Module" under Course Content Tools
4. Follow instructions: enter a title (i.e. PowerPoints); Choose where you want a link to appear (suggestion: on Course Menu and Organizer Page); Choose default icon or use custom icon. Click "Add"
How to upload a PowerPoint presentation (after folder is created)
- On the homepage, click the circle in front of the folder title and click "Control Panel"
- You are on the Basic Control Panel. Click "Manage Files" to add a file to your folder. You will see "My-Files" and "WebCT-Files". You will add or upload a new PowerPoint to My-Files.
- Under Actions on the right side, click "Upload"
- You are on the Upload File page. Browse your computer for the PowerPoint file you want to up load. Note that the destination folder is My-Files. Click upload. It will take a few seconds to upload.
- Final Step: update the student view. Go back to your Homepage and click on the file title. You are on the Table of Contents page. Under Actions on the right, click "Update Student View". (This last step allows you to load files and make them available to your students at a later time.
How to access course e-mail:
- Go to "Control Panel"
- Click "Add Page or Tool"
- Click "Mail" under Communication Tools to add an E-Mail link on your homepage.
- Under Add Mail, follow the instructions: enter the title for the homepage (i.e. E-Mail); Choose where you want a link to appear (Course Menu and/or Organizer Page); Choose default icon or use custom icon. Click "Add".
- To access your e-mail, click on "E-Mail" on your homepage. One the Mail page, you can choose to "Compose message" and you will see how many messages are in your Inbox and how many are Unread.
- To send an e-mail, click "Compose mail". You can choose, by browsing, to send e-mail to all students, some or one student. Your students will automatically be added to your e-mail contact list for each class.
NOTE: Students must use their Lincoln e-mail address.
Use e-mail as you would any e-mail system: Subject, Message, Attachments, Send/Preview/Save Draft
rev. 10/2010
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