Learning Technology Unit
Instruction Sheets for WebCT
Please note these document are available online and can be downloaded in Word format.
Sheet no/name
Topics covered (Numbers in brackets refer to sheets for pre-requisite tasks)
A: Design checklist & structure diagrams A1 Best practice guidelines for designing student-friendly WebCT courses
A2 Choices for structuring content
1: What is WebCT? 1.1 What is WebCT and how can it be used?
1.2 What do you need to use WebCT?
1.2.1 System Requirements
1.2.2 Skills
1.2.3 Which types of content can be used?
2: Getting Started 2.1 Logging in
2.2 The MyWebCT Page
2.3 WebCT Course Navigation
2.4 The Course Menu
2.5 Help Information
3: Managing Files 3.1 The Old Way: Using Manage Files
3.2 The Easy Way: Using Web Folders
3.3 The Easy Way: Using Dreamweaver
4: Setting up a Web Folder 4.1 Setting up a Web Folder
4.2 Getting the Web Folder Address
4.3 Setting up a Web Folder – Windows 2000/XP (requires Microsoft Office 2000/XP)
4.4 Setting up a Web Folder – Windows 2000/XP (requires Microsoft Office 2000/XP)
4.5 Setting up a Web Folder – Windows 98/NT (requires Microsoft Office 2000)
4.6 Setting up a Web Folder – Macintosh OS 8.8 and higher (including some versions of OSX)
4.7 Setting up a Web Folder – Macintosh OS X (recent versions)
5: Using Manage Files - Uploading Files

 

 5.1 Creating a folder
5.2 Uploading single files
5.3 Uploading multiple files
6: Using Managing Files – Using Dreamweaver 4 6.1 Getting the Web Folder Address
6.2 Defining a Site in Dreamweaver 4
6.3 Using Dreamweaver 4 with WebCT to manage your HTML files
6.4 Editing or Creating Files in Dreamweaver for use in WebCT – Best Practice
7: Managing Files – Using Dreamweaver MX 7.1 Getting the Web Folder Address
7.2 Defining a Site in Dreamweaver MX
7.3 Using Dreamweaver MXwith WebCT to manage your HTML files
7.4 Editing or Creating Files in Dreamweaver for use in WebCT – Best Practice
8: Using Manage Files - File Management 8.1 Overview
8.2 Moving Files between Folders
8.3 To Delete a File or Folder
8.4 To Rename a File or Folder
8.5 Other File Management Functions
9: Course Menu 9.1 About the course menu
9.2 To hide/show the Course Menu
9.3 Editing the Course Menu
9.4 Creating a new link on the Course Menu
9.5 Moving an existing link to the Course Menu
10: Creating an Organizer Page 10 Creating an Organizer Page
11: Linking to a Single File 11.1 To add a link to a single file
12: Linking to an external Web site 12.1 To add a Link to an External Website
13: Modifying icon or link properties 13 Modifying icon or link properties
14: Customising the Page – Using Textblocks 14.1 Adding a Textblock (for a header or footer)
14.2 Modifying a Textblock
15: Customising the Page – Layout and Colours 15.1 Changing the Layout
15.2 Modifying Icon Style
15.3 Changing the Page Colours (individual pages)
15.4 Changing the Page Colours (all pages)
16: Content Modules 16 Organising and Working with Files in a Linear Path of Content
17: Editing pages previously uploaded to WebCT 17 Editing pages previously uploaded to WebCT
18: Adding Tools to your WebCT course 18 Adding Tools to your WebCT course
19: Course Management 19 Course Management
20: Providing Students with Access 20 Providing Students with Access

 

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