Adding a PowerPoint File to WebCT
By Dick Evans, 7-11-2005
WebCT will display PowerPoint presentations directly f= rom WebCT. The student may also download the slide deck to their own computer f= or future reference. First the presentation must be uploaded to the WebCT file area.
= 1. Open the WebCT course you want to add the file to, then on the main screen click= the Control Panel button, and then = click the Manage Files button.
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= 2. On the Folders and Files page, in the task pane on the right side of the windo= w, locate the Upload button, then click it.
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= 3. On the Upload File page, click Browse to locate the PowerPoint file to be transferred to WebCT
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= 4. Locate the file
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5. Click
the icon to the left of the file name to select the file, then click Open
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6. The
file to be uploaded and the path to find it are placed in the browse box.
Verify the Destination folder to be My-Files, and then click Upload =
7. The
file is uploaded to WebCT and placed in the My-Files folder for use on any =
of
the WebCT pages. You may access the presentation in a number of differe=
nt
ways. One way is on a Content Module page. You could also include a link on=
an
Organizer page or as a Single page. The following describes placing it on t=
he
Content Module page. =
8. If
necessary, click the Designer Options tab, then open your content module pa=
ge.
On the Table of Contents page, click Add files =
9. On
the Add Files page, click the second radio button so all files are displaye=
d in
the box. Before you do this, the only files shown are HTML files. =
10. Locat=
e the
file to be added to the content module page, then click to select it. =
11. With =
the
desired file highlighted, click Add. The presentation has been added to your content module=
page.
To clean up the title, click Edit titles and change it as desired. The stud=
ents
only see the title, not the File: information to the right. When the student clicks the link on the content module=
page,
the File Download dialog box opens: If they click Open, the PowerPoint presentation will o=
pen
from WebCT. If they click Save, the slide deck will be downloaded to the
location they specify on their computer. They can then open it or keep it f=
or
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