WebCT Winter Training Camp

January 17-20, 2006

Alger 101 and 102

We had a very successful camp - over 40 faculty attended a number of workshops! Below is the schedule with handouts.

ou can also access topics covered in the workshops in the Whitepapers.
If you would like to receive a copy of any of the workbooks please email shijazi@ric.edu.

Schedule

Time / Location	Tuesday 17th	Thursday 19th	Friday 20th
10-12AM Alger101	Introduction to WebCT (demo)	Quizzing in WebCT	Advanced Module 1
10-12AM Alger 102	How to reuse your courses	Assignments	1-on-1
Lunch
1-3PM Alger 101	Introduction to WebCT (demo)	Gradebook	Advanced Module 2
1-3PM Alger 102	Communication: Mail, Discussion, Calendar & Chat	1-on-1	1-on-1

WebCT Advanced Module 1: A) Cleaning up your course; B) Working with pictures/icons; C) Files, files, files!: html, uploading, PowerPoint.

WebCT Advance Module 2: A) Using Respondus to make quizzes easy (demo); B) Using the self-test feature; C) Using Gradebook to generate final letter grades (What is "out of" number?)

Introduction to WebCT

• Using a live course, 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)
• Explain the "Template Course"
• White paper available
• Explain how to create a course for the new semester (RIConnect )
• White paper available
• Hands on example of using Mail
• White paper available
• Suggest a One-on-One session

Back to schedule

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
• Suggest a One-on-One session

Back to schedule

Using Mail

• Adding the Mail Tool
• Use the Mail white paper
• Show examples of sending, receiving, replying, and attachments
• Suggest a One-on-One session

Back to schedule

Using the Quiz manager

• Adding the Quiz tool
• Creating a quiz
• Randomizing a quiz
• Importing a quiz from a textbook company
• Suggest a One-on-One session

Back to schedule

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
• Suggest a One-on-One session

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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
• Student white paper
• Grading an assignment
• Suggest a One-on-One session

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