WebCT.com gives you access to the following resources:

Digital Content
Instructors can browse the Digital Content section to find and adopt the e-Pack that is right for their course.

E-PACKS
An e-Pack is a set of customizable online course materials developed and formatted for use in WebCT by the textbook publishers. You can use an e-Pack as a foundation to which you can add your own resources. Alternatively, you can use an e-Pack as a stand-alone unit that provides an online component to your classroom-based course. If you’d like more information about e-Packs, see the WebCT's Digital Content at http://www.webct.com/content or contact the sales representative for your textbook.

EXEMPLARY COURSE PROJECT

Every year WebCT gives out awards to courses that have exceeded the expectations or used WebCT in some innovative way. These courses come from colleges and universities all over the world. You learn more about these courses and even look at some of them by visiting http://www.webct.com/exemplary.

Take a minute to familiarize yourself with the screen elements, as this terminology is used throughout the manual.

Browser Settings

If you are having trouble using WebCT you can use the Check Browser tool on your myWebCT page or in any course to see if your browser has been validated for use with WebCT.

Before using WebCT, you should check your browser settings to ensure that everything will work properly. Use the following steps, depending on which internet browser you are using.

Changing Student Passwords

The most common complaint among students is password problems. Since they seem to have trouble tracking me down, I am enclosing the following instructions so you will be able to help a student change their password.

1. Click Control Panel.
2. Click Manage Course.
3. Click Manage Students.
4. Click the name of the student whose password needs to be changed.
5. Click Change Password.
6. Have the student type in a new password or change the password for them.
7. Click Update.

Tell them to give it a try with the new password and if they continue to have problems, let me know.

Description of Tools

Manage Tools

ADDING A TOOL

1. Click Add Page or Tool
2. Select the tool you want to add.
3. Enter a title for the tool that will appear on the homepage and/or Course Menu
4. Click On the Navigation Bar and/or On An Organizer Page.
5. Click Add.

DELETING A TOOL

1. Select the link you want to delete.
2. Click Delete on the right. A warning message appears.
3. Click OK.
Note: This option only removes the link from the Homepage or an Organizer Page. If you need to remove the course menu as well, you’ll need to go under change settings.

HIDING OR REVEALING A TOOL

1. Select the link you want to hide or reveal.
2. Click Hide or Reveal on the right.

SPECIFYING A TOOL FOR SELECTIVE RELEASE

This option allows you to specify when you want a link to appear and to whom.

You can release a link by setting release criteria based on one or more of the following:

1. Select the link that you want to selectively release.
2. Click Specify selective release on the right.
3. Under Selective Release, choose the students to whom you want to release the link, using one of the following methods:
Selecting the students from a list:
     a. Next to the Release to text box, click Select. The Member Selection window opens, containing a table of all students registered in the course.
     b. Select the students by doing one of the following:
            ·In the Status column, for each student you want to select, click the corresponding check box.
            ·If you have copied student records to the clipboard from elsewhere in your course, click Paste records to automatically select them from the table.
           c. Click Update.
           Selecting the students by specifying the criteria on which you want the release to be based:

• From the two Release based on drop-down lists, select a criteria and a comparison value to apply to a value that you enter in the final text box. You can base the release on criteria such as Last Name, User ID, or by the results of a submitted assignment or quiz.
• Note: If you would like to selectively release a link to students in one course of a cross-listed set, from the first drop-down list, select Enrolled Course, from the second drop-down list, select Equals, and then in the Value text box, enter the Course ID.

4. If you want to specify the start date or duration of the release, select a date range for Release after and/or Release until.
          - Release after allows you to select the date and time after which you want the link to be available.
          - Release until allows you to specify the date and time until which you want the link to be available.
5. If the link appears in another location (for example, the Course Menu), under Associated links, do one of the following:
           - To apply the changes to the associated link, select the check box.
           - To not apply the changes to the associated link, clear the check box.
6. Click Update.

Special Tools

HTML EDITOR

The HTML editor will allow to you format text, spell check, add bulleted & numbered lists, add images and clip art, and a number of other options without having to know anything about HTML. This tool can be found in the Discussion Board, Mail, and the Student Homepages tools.

EQUATION EDITOR

The equation editor allows the user to input mathematical equations into a number of different places in WebCT. You can also import & export content with MathML. The equation editor is available in the Mail, Discussions & Quiz tools as well as several other locations within WebCT.

Assignments

The Assignments tool allows you to create and distribute course assignments to your students, and download, evaluate, and assign a grade to the completed work.

ADDING THE ASSIGNMENT TOOL

1. Click Add Page or Tool.
2. Click Control Panel first if your designer links are not showing
3. Click Assignments.
4. For #1, type in Assignments.
5. Click the first two boxes under #2.
6. Click Add.

ADDING AN ASSIGNMENT

1. Click Assignments.
2. Under Options (on the right), click Add.
3. Type the title of the new assignment, and click Add.

SPECIFYING ASSIGNMENT SETTINGS

1. Click the assignment title.
2. Click Edit Assignment Settings.
3. In the Basic settings section, enter the Instructions and Maximum grade.
4. In the Availability section, select the dates and times when the assignment will be available, due, and whether late submissions will be allowed.
5. In the Notification section, choose whether or not WebCT will email students and instructors acknowledging when an assignment is submitted.
6. In the Submissions section, specify whether or not students will be allowed to submit the assignment more than once.
7. In the Results section, select when you want the students to be able to see the scores and if you want the students to see the column in the grade book (if yes, click yes under Release Column).
8. Click Update.

IMPORTING AN ASSIGNMENT-RELATED FILE

Import allows you to upload and attach assignment-related files.

1. Click Assignments.
2. Click the name of the assignment to which you want to import a file.
3. Under Import Assignment File, click Browse.
4. Click Browse at the bottom of the new window that pops up.
5. Find the file on your computer and double click.
6. Click Upload.
7. After the file uploads, it should appear in the upper part of the window with the button next to it selected.
8. Click Add selected at the bottom of the window.

GRADING STUDENT SUBMISSIONS

Grading assignments involves four steps. Steps 2 and 4 occur outside of WebCT, so are not described in the steps below.

1. Download the assignments from WebCT to your computer
2. Open them on your desktop
3. Review them on-screen or print them out for reviewing and grading,
4. Assign a grade and enter comments about the assignment in WebCT

To download an assignment

1. From the course menu, click Assignments.
2. Click Submissions for the assignment that you want to grade.
3. Scroll to the right to see the status column. Click the Not Graded link for the student whose assignment you want to download. The Grade Assignment screen appears.
4. To download, Click the name of the file under Files.
5. Click Download in the window that pops up.
6. A dialog box appears. Follow the instructions to save the file to your computer.

Returning a graded file and assigning a grade
If you make notations in a students submitted assignment, you will need to upload that assignment so the student can see the notations.

1. Click Assignments.
2. Click Submissions for the assignment you want to return.
3. Scroll to the right to see the Status column and click Not Graded for the student whose file you are returning.
4. Under Graded Files, click Upload File.
5. On the next screen, click Browse.
6. Find the file on your computer and double click.
7. Click Upload.
8. When you get back to the Grade Assignment screen, put in any comments and a grade for the student and click Grade.

To assign a grade
After reviewing the assignment, you must enter a grade in WebCT.

1. Click Assignments.
2. Click the Submissions link below the assignment you want to grade.
3. Scroll to the right to see the Status column. Click Not Graded for the student whose assignment you want to grade.
4. In the Grade text box, type the grade.
5. If you want to provide comments, type your comments in the Comments text box.
6. Click Grade.

Student Instructions for submitting Assignments in WebCT
***Students will receive this page in their student manual.

1. Click Assignments.
2. Click the name of the assignment you want to submit.
3. Under Student files, click Upload file.
4. Click Browse.
5. Find the file on your computer and double click.
6. Click Upload.
7. To submit the completed assignment, under Submit Assignment, click the Submit assignment button.
8. Click Submit assignment. A confirmation box appears asking you to confirm the procedure.
9. Click OK.

Calendar

ADDING CALENDAR ENTRIES

1. Click Calendar. The Calendar appears, showing the current month.
2. Click Add entry. The Add a Calendar Entry screen appears.
3. Select the month, day & year for your event.
4. In the Summary box, type the title of the event. The information entered here is what will appear on the Monthly & Weekly Calendar views. For example, “Assignment Due”.
5. In the Detail box, type in more information about the event. The information entered here will appear only on the Daily Calendar view.
6. If there is a specific time that the event will occur, you can select those times from the Start time and End time drop-down lists.
7. Choose whether the access level should be public or private.
8. Click Add.

EDITING CALENDAR ENTRIES

1. To edit a previously entered entry, click that date. The View Day screen appears.
2. Select the button next to your entry, and then click Edit.
3. Type your changes & click Update.
4. Click the View Month link to view the information you just put in.

IMPORTING CALENDAR ENTRIES
You can use this feature when you have a large number of calendar entries to input at once.

1. Open up Notepad (under Accessories on your Start menu) on your computer.
2. Type your calendar entries in the following format (one per line, no spacing between lines). Times must be entered in military time in this format.

:day/month/year,Title of Event,,,start time (hh:mm),end time (hh:mm),detail

3. If you choose to leave one part blank, you still have to include the extra comma as seen in the following example. The only parts desired in this entry are the date & title of the event. All of the other entries are blank, but the extra commas are still there.

:26/8/2002,Classes Begin,,,,,

4. Save the file as a .txt file. Save it somewhere you can easily find it again.
5. Login into your WebCT course and click the Calendar icon.
6. Click Import entries.
7. A new window will open so you can upload the file you created.
8. Click Browse in the upload file box at the bottom of the window that pops up.
9. Find the file on your computer and double click it.
10. Click Upload at the bottom of this window. It should now appear in the upper part of the window with the button next to it selected.
11. Click Add Selected at the bottom of the screen.
12. The file name will appear in the WebCT window. Click Import.
13. If everything appears as it should in the next window, click Continue.

Chat

To put the text of a chat onto the Discussion Board, follow these steps:

1. Click Manage Files
2. You will see a folder, called Chat
3. Click that folder
4. Click the name of the chat room that you were in (mostly likely Room1.txt)
5. You will have to select (click and drag) the text that you want to post.
6. Right click on the selected text and click Copy.
7. Go to the Discussion Board and Compose message.
8. Right click on the message box and click Paste.

Content Modules

ABOUT CONTENT MODULE

WebCT course content consists of a series of pages of content such as lecture notes, multimedia presentations, assignments, and quizzes. You create a Content Module by organizing the content pages into a Table of Contents. This provides students with a guide to the sequence of study for the course content. The hierarchical structure also makes it easier for students to find specific course content.

You create the Table of Contents by adding headings and subheadings. You can then add content with this hierarchy by adding files of content. These files appear as links in the Table of Contents, which provides students with easy access. When a student clicks a link, WebCT displays the content pages that you have created.

Your course files can be in any file format including: .txt, .doc, .htm, .html, .xls, .ppt, .pdf, .jpg. and .gif.

For users who are new to WebCT, we recommend that you use the Content Module Wizard. The wizard guides you, step-by-step, through the following options:

• Add files to the table of contents
• Create a new HTML file
• Edit a file in the table of contents
• Delete a file
• Preview the table of contents

Students access content pages through the Table of Contents, which is structured as a hierarchy of hyperlinked heading and subheading. You create subheadings by indenting headings.

ABOUT CONTENT PAGES

You can edit and enhance the individual content pages you have added to a content module. As a designer, you access a content page by clicking the page’s link in the Table of Contents. You can then use the File Options, Action Menu options, and Customize options to modify the content page for your students. You can:

- Select individual Action Menu items to appear on a specific content page. The following items can be added to an individual page:

- Add links to tools configured specifically for an individual content. The following customized tools can be added to a content page ’s Action Menu:

UPDATING STUDENT VIEW

Use Update Student View to make changes to content pages available to your students. You must update the student view when you:

• Upload a newer version of a file.
• Modify the text of a file.
• Modify colors, or background images of content pages.
• Modify the Action Menu on a content page.

1. Under Options: Content Module, click Update student view.
2. Select the type of update:
     - Update entire course: all content pages and Action Menus are updated. Choose this option when you have uploaded or modified a file.
     - Update changes to text, colors, and Action Menu.
3. Click Update.

Discussions

Discussions is a forum where messages can be posted and replied to on various topics. This tool is used to engage students and instructors in communication outside of class time. Messages can be posted and read at the convenience of the course participants.

ABOUT DISCUSSIONS

1. Click the Discussions icon on the homepage.
2. The Discussions screen appears. You’ll notice that it contains default topics: Main, and Notes.

a . Main is the principal discussion area.
b . Notes contain all messages related to specific pages of content in a Content Module.
c. All contains all messages from all topics you have access to.
d. Private allows you to create discussion topics that are only accessible to class members that you select.
e. Anonymous allows users to post messages anonymously to the discussion board.

If the course is new, there will be no messages in any of the topics.

ADDING A NEW TOPIC
Topics are like different folders for the different discussion you are going to have in your class. Adding topics makes it easier to manage the discussion over the course of the semester.

1. Click Create topic on the right.
2. Type in a name for the topic.
3. Click Create.

POSTING A NEW MESSAGE

1. Click Compose Message. The message window appears.
2. Select the topic you want your message to go in.
3. Put the subject of your message in the subject line so people will know what the message is about. Then put the message itself in the next text box.
4. Click Post. The topic screen appears but you won’t see your message yet.
5. To see the message, click Update.
6. Click the name of the topic
7. Click the triangle next to that thread.
8. Click the subject of your message to see the actual message.

VIEWING MESSAGES

• To display all messages in a topic, click All.
• To see only messages you haven’t read, click Show Unread.
• To see messages by subject, click Threaded.
• To see messages by date, click Unthreaded.
• To see all messages in a Thread at once, click the magnifying glass at the beginning of that thread.

TO REPLY TO A MESSAGE

1. Open the message you wish to reply to.
2. There are several ways to reply to a message:

a. Reply: Clicking on this will reply to the message without the original message appearing in the next of your message.
b. Reply Privately: Clicking on this will send a private mail message to the person to whom you are replying and no one else will see it.
c. Quote: Clicking on this is like the reply button except that it includes the text of the original message in your reply.

3. In the Message text box, type your reply to the original message.
4. Click Post.
5. Click Update Listing. If you don’t see your message, click Show all.

ATTACHING FILES TO DISCUSSION POSTINGS

1. Click Compose Message.
2. Type the subject and text of your message.
3. Click the Browse button near the bottom of the window.
4. Find the file on your computer and double click it. The filename should appear in the attachments box of your message.
5. Click Attach File.
6. After the file is attached, Click Post to send the message.

CREATE PRIVATE DISCUSSION TOPICS
Private discussion topics allows you to set up topics for a specific group of students or between you and the student (like a journal).

1. Create the Discussion topic as outlined on the previous page.
2. Click the Private box for that topic.
3. Click Update.
4. Click Manage Members on the right.
5. Click Select Members.
6. Select the names of those people to be in that discussion topic by clicking the boxes in front of their names.
7. Click Update.
8. Click Done.

LOCK DISCUSSION TOPICS
If you set deadlines for your students to post in a certain discussion topic, you may want to lock the topic when that deadline passes. That will prevent anyone from posting messages in that topic.

1. Click the Locked box for that topic.
2. Click Update.

SEARCH MESSAGES
You can search the entire discussion board by keyword, name, etc. This is particularly helpful when assigning points to students for their postings to the discussion board.

1. Click Search.
2. Make selections in the various menus and type something in the Value box.
3. Click Search.
4. Results will appear in the main window.

COMPILE MESSAGES
If you wish to see several messages on the screen at once or wish to print them all out together, you can use the compile tool.

1. Click the messages you want to compile or click the box for the entire thread.
2. Click Compile at the bottom of the screen. A new window will pop up with the entire list of messages that you selected.

Glossary

About Glossary

Use Glossary to create a fully-searchable glossary for your course. It can contain images as well as text, so that illustrative glossary definitions are possible.

Adding new glossary entries

You can add entries to the glossary individually or by importing a file.

1. From the Glossary Keywords screen, click Add keyword.
2. In the Keyword text box, enter the keyword of the glossary entry.
3. In the Definition text box, enter the description of the glossary entry, and click Add.

Importing glossary entries

To import glossary entries from a file:

• The file must be a text file (.txt format).
• The entries must be in a specific format:

:new entry
This is the new glossary definition for the glossary entry names “new entry”.

1. From the Glossary Keywords screen, click Import keywords from file.
2. Click Browse. Find the file on your computer and double click Upload.
3. Click Add selected.
4. Click Import.
5. Click Continue.

Editing glossary entries

You can change keywords and descriptions which have already been entered into the glossary.

1. Select the glossary keyword that you want to edit.
2. Click Edit.
3. In the Keyword and Description text boxes, enter the changes that you want to make and click Update.

Grade Book

When setting up your grade book you must first add a column for each part of your grading scheme. In doing so you must ask yourself a couple of questions first…

1. Will you be using the assignments tool?

a. If yes, you need to add the assignments in the assignment tool before setting up your grade book. When you add the assignment, a column is automatically added to your grade book. It is not necessary to add all of the information about the assignment, only a name is necessary to begin with. Refer to your faculty manual to add assignments.
b. If no, move to step 2.

2. Will you be using the Quiz tool?

a. If yes, you need to add the quizzes in the quiz tool before setting up your grade book. When you add the quiz, a column is automatically added to your grade book. It is not necessary to add all of the information or questions to the quiz, only a name is necessary to begin with. Refer to your faculty manual to add quizzes.
b. If no, move to the next section.

ADDING COLUMNS TO YOUR GRADE BOOK
Before proceeding, make sure you have added all assignments & online quizzes before adding additional columns. See above for more information.

1. Click Manage Course.
2. Click Manage Students.
3. Click the Organize menu and select Manage Columns.
4. Click Go.
5. Scroll down on the right and click Add Column.
6. Type in a short label for the column and choose the Numeric type.
(only Numeric columns can be used for calculating final grades)
7. Repeat steps 5 & 6 for each item you will need a column for in your grade book.
8. After all Numeric columns are added…

a. Add a Calculated column that will compute your final grade
b. Add a Letter Grade column that will turn the final grade into a letter grade.

DELETING COLUMNS FROM YOUR GRADE BOOK
The grade book comes with two default columns – Midterm Grade & Final Grade. I would recommend deleting both of them.

1. Click Manage Course.
2. Click Manage Students.
3. Click the Organize menu and select Manage Columns.
4. Click Go.
5. Select the columns you want to delete.
6. Scroll down on the right and click Delete Columns.
7. Click OK.

RELEASING COLUMNS TO STUDENTS
Now that you have created all of the columns, you should also make sure that they are all released so the students can see the grades after they are entered. It is not recommended that you release the Letter Grade column until the end of the semester.

1. Click Manage Course.
2. Click Manage Students.
3. Click the Organize menu and select Manage Columns.
4. Click Go.
5. Check the boxes above the columns that you want to release to your students.
6. Select yes from the Release columns menu on the right.
7. Click Go.

After all of the columns have been set up & released, you should return to Manage Students by clicking Manage Students in the breadcrumbs of your course.

ENTERING YOUR FORMULA

Points System
Some people use a system of grading that simply adds all of the assignment points together to get a total. Such a formula would be set up as such:

1. Click Formula below the title of your column.
2. You are unable to type directly into the box on the screen. You must use the buttons & menus to type in your formula. To have it add all of the columns together, follow a formula like the sample ones below:

SUM{[Quiz 1],[Quiz 2],[Quiz 3],[Quiz 4],[Quiz 5],[Quiz 6]}

SUM{[Attendance],[Community Service],[Final Project],[Journal Entries],[Other],
[Student Homepage],[Discussion Posting],[Interactive Postings]}

3. The formula above was entered like this

a. Select SUM from the Function menu and click Start List.
b. Select the first item for your Formula, click Insert, click Next Item.
c. Continue step b until you get to the last item in your formula.
d. For the last item, select the last item, click Insert, click End list.
e. Click Update. Your formula is complete!

4. You may choose to add another column that shows the percentage (out of 100%) that the student currently has based on the points earned to date. That requires another calculated column. The formula for that column would be as follows:

[Name of Final Points column]/# of points possible to date*100
ex. [Final Grade]/450*100; if a student has 400 points out of a possible 450 points, their percentage would be 88.88%

Percentage System
There are many different ways that this can be done and I’ll try to present a few of them to help as many people as possible.

1. Grading systems where each assignment has its own percentage. For example…
Grades:

Test 1	20%
Test 2	20%
Test 3	20%
Report	10%
Group Project	10%
Research Paper	10%
Class Participation	10%

You would use the following formula…
([Test 1]*0.2)+([Test 2]*0.2)+([Test 3]*0.2)+([Report]*0.1)
+([Group Project]*0.1)+([Research Paper]*0.1)+([Class participation]*0.1)

2. Grading systems with multiple items counting towards individual percentages. For example…
Grades:

Tests	40%
Projects	30%
In class work	15%
Final Exam	15%

You would use the following formula…
([In class work]*0.15)+((SUM{[Test 1],[Test 2],[Test 3],[Test 4]}/4)*0.4
((SUM{[Project 1],[Project 2],[Project 3],[Project 4]}/4)*0.3)+([Final Exam]*0.15)

Let’s break this down to make it easier to understand:

1. ((SUM{[Test 1],[Test 2],[Test 3],[Test 4]}/4)*0.4): This takes the average of the four tests and makes the average worth 40% of their grade
2. ((SUM{[Project 1],[Project 2],[Project 3],[Project 4]}/4)*0.3): This takes the average of the four projects and makes the average worth 30% of their grade
3. ([Final Exam]*0.15): The final exam is worth 15% of their grade

Use the attached worksheets to help you assemble the formula for your grade book.

Dropping Grades
It’s not as hard as you might think but it must included in your formula. Here is an example of taking the sum of 6 quizzes and dropping the lowest grade, leaving you with the 5 highest grades:
     (SUM{[Quiz 1],[Quiz 2],[Quiz 3],[Quiz 4],[Quiz 5],[Quiz 6]}
     ( -MIN{[Quiz 1],[Quiz 2],[Quiz 3],[Quiz 4],[Quiz 5],[Quiz 6]})

Subtracting for Absences
You can add a fairly simple formula to the end of your final grade formula to subtract points for absences. You will first need to add a numeric column in your grade book called Absences. Keep track by simply putting the number of days missed. If they have missed 4 days, put in 4. If they haven’t missed a day, put in 0.

The formula you need to put in will depend on a couple of different factors.

1. How many absences do you allow before you take points off their grade?
2. How many points do you take off for each additional absence?

For our example here, we will allow 2 absences and will take 3 points off their final grade for every absences after the first two. Here is the formula you would use

(rest of formula)-((MAX{2,[Absences]-2)*3)

What this formula says is, first compute the final grade (rest of formula), then look to see if the number in the Absences column is bigger than two. ((MAX{2,[Absences] Next, subtract 2 (this allows for the two absences and doesn’t penalize those that have one or two) and multiply what is left by 3 points. -2)*3)

So if John had 4 absences, he would lose 6 points. Why? You allow for 2 absences, so he only gets penalized 3 points each for the 2 other absences.

Grade Book Worksheet

See the previous pages for adding in options for dropping a grade or subtracting for absences.

Points System Formula

1. Select the SUM function from the Function menu.
2. Click Start List.
3. Select an item listed on from the Columns menu.
4. After selecting the item, click Insert.
5. Click Next Item.
6. Repeat steps 3-5 until you reach the last item.
7. For the last item, instead of clicking Next Item, click End List.
8. Click Update.

Formula:
SUM{[____________],[____________],[____________],[____________],
[___________],[____________],[____________],[____________],[____________]}

(You are not limited to the number of lines listed here. This is a guideline to help you.)

Percentage System Formula
When each item has its own percentage value, enter the formula as follows. Replace the lines between brackets with your assignment names & the 0.__ with the percentage for that particular assignment (15% = 0.15).

Assignment Name [______________________] Percentage Value 0._____

Assignment Name [______________________] Percentage Value 0._____

Assignment Name [______________________] Percentage Value 0._____

Assignment Name [______________________] Percentage Value 0._____

Assignment Name [______________________] Percentage Value 0._____

Assignment Name [______________________] Percentage Value 0._____

Assignment Name [______________________] Percentage Value 0._____

Assignment Name [______________________] Percentage Value 0._____

([_________]*0.__)+([_________]*0.__)+([_________]*0.__)+([_________]*0.__)
continue until all assignments & percentage values have been entered.

When you are using averages for parts of your formula, enter the formula as follows. Replace the lines between brackets with your assignment names & the 0.__ with the percentage for that particular assignment (15% = 0.15).

Assignments being averaged:

[______________________]

[______________________]

[______________________]

[______________________]

[______________________] Total percentage value: 0.___

That will be entered as such in your formula:

((SUM{[____________________],[_____________________],[____________________],
[______________________],[______________________],[______________________]}
/#of assignments)*0.___)+rest of formula

You can combine this with the additional averaged assignments or with the previous example if you also have weighted assignments that are not being averaged.

Don’t forget to include the dropping a grade option and absences option if you need those included.

Handouts and Other Files

ADDING FILES TO YOUR ORGANIZER PAGE

1. Click the icon for your Organizer page.
2. Click Control Panel.
3. Click Add Page or Tool.
4. Click Single Page.
5. Enter a title for the handout you are adding.
6. Click Browse next to page filename.
7. Click Browse at the bottom of the window that pops up.
8. Find the file on your computer and double click.
9. Click Upload. The file will appear the upper part of the window.
10. Click Add selected.
11. That window will close and the filename will appear in the main WebCT window.
12. Click the box next to “On an Organizer Page” and make sure that the name of your Organizer page appears in the drop down box next to it. Do not select the “On the Navigation Bar” box.
13. Scroll down and click Add.

Mail

MANAGING MAIL

1. Click the Mail icon on the homepage.
2. The Mail screen appears. Your mailbox contains four default folders:

a. All: Contains all messages in all folders
b. Inbox: Contains all messages received from other users.
c. Outbox: Contains all messages sent to other users.
d. Draft: Contains messages written by you but not sent.

SENDING MAIL

1. Click Compose Message.
2. Click the Browse button that is next to the Send to text box. A window appears, showing the list of all the students in your course.
3. Click the name of the person you wish to send the message to, and then click Select. The Compose Mail Message window appears with the Send to text box completed.
4. In the Subject text box, type the subject of your message.
5. In the Message text box, type your message.
6. Click Send.

READING MAIL

1. From the main Mail screen, click Inbox.
2. Click the subject to the message you wish to read.
3. When you ’ve finished reading the message, click Close.

ADDING SUBFOLDERS

1. To create a folder to store mail messages related to assignments, click Create Folders from the main mail screen. The Create Folders screen appears.
2. Type a name for that folder.
3. Click Add. The new folder appears on the left-hand side of the screen.

MANAGING MAIL

1. Click Inbox.
2. To move a message to another folder, click the boxes next to the messages you wish to move.
3. Select the folder you want the messages to move to from the menu at the bottom of the screen.
4. Click Go.
5. A confirmation message appears. Click OK.

DELETING MAIL

1. To permanently delete messages, click the boxes next to the messages you wish to delete.
2. Click Delete at the bottom of the screen.
3. A confirmation message appears. Click OK.

ATTACHING FILES TO MAIL MESSAGES

1. Click Compose Message.
2. Complete the Send To box.
3. Type the subject and text of your message.
4. Click the Browse button near the bottom of the window.
5. Find the file on your computer and double click it. The filename should appear in the attachments box of your message.
6. Click Attach File.
7. After the file is attached, click Send to send the message.

If you wish to spell check or customize your messages, use the HTML editor.

Syllabus

UPLOADING YOUR SYLLABUS

1. Click the Syllabus icon on the home page.
2. Click Syllabus File on the right hand side under Syllabus Source.
3. Click the Browse button next to the Filename box.
4. Click the Browse button at the bottom of the new window that pops up.
5. Find the file on your computer and double click.
6. Click Upload. The file should appear in the upper part of the window.
7. Click Add Selected. That window will close and the file will appear in the filename box on the main screen.
8. Click Update.

Student Presentations

CREATING A GROUP MANUALLY

1. Click Presentations.
2. Click Add group.
3. In the Group name text box, enter a name for the group.
4. Students who have not yet been assigned to a group are listed alphabetically under Class List by last name, first name, and User ID.

a. to display all students in the class, select Show all students.
b. In the Status column, select the students you want to belong to the group.

5. In the Description text box, enter the instructions for the project.
6. To create a discussion area for this group:

a. Under Topic, select Create a discussion topic for this group. In the Name text box, a discussion topic name is entered that matches the group name.
b. To include yourself as a member of the discussion, select Include instructor as a member of this discussion.

7. Under Availability, select one of the following options:
     · Public
     · Private
     · Specify date.
8. Click Add.

Note:
     · The project description may be added after the groups have been created.
     · A student may belong to more than one group

CREATING A GROUP USING THE GROUP GENERATOR

1. Click Presentations.
2. Click Generate groups.
3. Under Group, select one of the methods to generate groups and enter the applicable number in the text box.
4. Select how the extra students should be handled.
5. Select if you want to create discussion topics for the groups and if you want to be a member of each discussion.
6. Click Generate.

VIEWING THE STUDENTS’ WORK

All group presentation submissions are stored in Manage Files in the My-Files folder in a subfolder called student_pres. The student_pres folder contains a subfolder for each group. The group subfolders are automatically created when you add or generate groups in Presentations. The group subfolder names are identical to the group names.

1. Click Manage Files
2. Click the My-Files folder
3. Click the student-pres subfolder.
4. To view a group ’s submissions, click the group name.

STUDENT PRESENTATIONS

A presentation is done in two steps: first, you create the Web presentation as a set of linked HTML pages; and then you upload it to WebCT. Note: You will have to upload your presentation one file at a time. If you want to upload multiple files at one, zip them first using WinZip (PC), ZipIt (Mac), or another file compression application and then upload the .zip file.

1. From the Student Presentations screen, locate the group for which you want to upload files and in the Files column, click Edit. The Folders and Files screen appears. Note: Only groups to which you have been assigned can be edited.
2. Under Options: Files, click Upload.
3. Upload your files:

a. Next to Filename, click Browse.
b. Locate and select the file you want to upload. The path and filename of your attachment appears in the Attachments text box.
c. From the Destination folder drop-down list, select a folder in which to save your file.
d. Click Upload. The File Options screen appears, and the uploaded file appears as a link under the folder you selected.

4. For each presentation file that needs to be uploaded, repeat steps above.

Note:

- Name the homepage for your presentation index.html. This page contains the links to the other group documents. These documents should be linked back to the index.html file.
- Filenames can contain any of the following characters: a – z, A – Z, 0 – 9, &, (), -, .,, and ~
Note: The tilde (~) cannot be used as the first character in the filename.
- You can make changes to your presentation after you have uploaded it, but be aware that each member of your group can edit your presentation pages. Your group should establish a protocol for making changes to your presentation, so that you don’t overwrite changes that someone else has made.
- Save all files with an .html extension

Quizzes & Self Tests

The information here is for creating quizzes in Respondus, a separate program that works with WebCT. If you do not have it on your computer, contact Information Services (8411) and they will install it for you.

CREATING THE QUIZ

1. Open Respondus on your computer.
2. Click Create.
3. Name the file and give a description. (Both are required).
4. There are six types of questions you can choose from on the left hand side.
5. Each question will require:

a. a short name that will identify the question for you.
b. the question
c. and answers (if applicable)

6. For all question types except essay questions, you can assign the correct answer or tell the system how to give credit for the answer given and put in general or answer specific feedback, if desired.
7. You can also click the Randomize box if you want WebCT to randomize the answer list for each student.
8. After you are finished with each question, click Add to end of list.

SETTING UP THE QUIZ

1. After the quiz has been created, click Settings.
2. Here you can set up Question Sets, which will pick out random questions from sets you set up.
3. If you click Basic & Availability, you can set up the dates & times the quiz will be available, how much time will be given to take the quiz, and how many times they can take the quiz.
4. If you click Results, you can set up when the results will be available to the student and if multiple attempts are allowed, you can select which attempt will count for credit.

PUBLISHING THE QUIZ

1. Next click Preview & Publish and click Publish to WebCT on the left side.
2. Click Add new server and set up the dialog box as follows: (using your own User Name & Password)



3. Click OK.
4. Then pull down the Courses menu and choose the course you are putting this quiz into.
5. Under #3 make sure that Create New Category is selected.
6. Under #4 make sure that all 5 of the boxes are checked (click them to check them).
7. Click Publish at the bottom of the screen. It will tell you when it has completed it successfully.
8. YOU ARE DONE!!!

CREATING SELF TESTS

CREATING THE SELF TEST

1. Open Respondus on your computer.
2. Click Create.
3. Name the file and give a description. (Both are required).
4. You can only use Multiple Choice & True-False questions in Self Tests.
5. Click Enable Feedback so you can add feedback to each possible answer. (It added a row with f at the beginning under each answer option)
6. Each question will require:

a. a short name
b. question
c. answers
d. feedback

7. After you are finished with each question, click Add to end of list.

PUBLISHING THE SELF TEST

9. Next click Preview & Publish and click Add WebCT Self Test on the left side.
10. Click Add new server and set up the dialog box as follows: (using your own User Name & Password)


11. Click OK.
12. Then pull down the Courses menu and choose the course you are putting this Self Test into.
13. Then pull down the Page Title menu. Choose what page this will appear on in WebCT (like the Course Homepage or your Handouts page).
14. Click Publish at the bottom of the screen. It will tell you when it has completed it successfully.
15. YOU ARE DONE!!!