RIC WebCT Faculty Fall 2007 Training

Week of TBA

• Training Schedule
• Detailed Descriptions of Classes

Training Schedule

Detailed Descriptions of Classes

• Introduction to WebCT
• Moving a Course to Spring
• Using the Gradebook
• Using Mail
• Using the Quiz manager
• Creating Assignments
• WebCT Pedagogy
• Using Chat and the Discussion Board
• Tips & Techniques
• Creating a Self Test
• Creating a Survey

Introduction to WebCT

• Using a live course, a walk through using some of the features, not how to build them
• Homepage
• Mail
• Assignments
• Grading
• Quizzing
• Content Manager
• Discussion Board
(Student white paper on using WebCt available)
• The "Template Course" explained
• How to create a course for the Spring (RIConnect)
• Hands on example of using Mail

Moving a Course to Spring

• Using the new RIConnect pages
• How to migrate your old course to Spring

Using the Gradebook

• Adding the Grade tool
• Creating a gradebook
• Assignments and Quizzes
• Using a Formula
• Averaging assignments
• Averaging quizzes
• Creating the Final Grade using percentages
• What the student sees

Using Mail

• Adding the Mail Tool
• Use the Mail white paper
• Show examples of sending, receiving, replying, and attachments

Using the Quiz manager

• Adding the Quiz tool
• Creating a quiz
• Randomizing a quiz
• Importing a quiz from a textbook company

Creating a Self Test

• What is a Self Test?
• Why would I use one?
• How is this different than a quiz?
• Where do the questions come from?
• What does it look like for the students?

Tips & Techniques covers the following:

• HTML pages, PowerPoint, PDF, and more
• How and why to save files as HTML (or MHT)
• Uploading files to WebCT
• Using Compress Files in WinXP
• Unzipping in WebCT
• Managing folders in WebCT
• Adding the Content Tool
• Using the Search Tool
• Adding a search capability to your WebCT course
• Posting up Video/Audio files on Streaming Video Server
• Presentation Tool

Creating Assignments

• Adding an assignment
• Using the text box on the assignment page
• As a Word Doc
• As a link to a page on the RIC server
• As a PDF
• As and HTML document
• Including pictures within WebCT and from the RIC server
• Editing the assignment settings
• Making sure the assignment appears in the student view
• Grading an assignment

WebCT Pedagogy

• Creating a pedagogically sound course

Using Chat and the Discussion Board

• Why and When to use Chat
• How to setup a Chat session
• What is a Discussion Board and how can I use one
• How do I use the Discussion Board for Announcements

Creating a Survey

• How does this differ from a quiz
• How do I create it
• Why would it be useful
• Report available in WebCT
• Exporting to Excel