Introduction to WebCT

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Introduction to WebCT

• Sheridan College
• Architectural Technology

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What is WebCT?

• WebCT is a Course Management Software System.
• Students access the system using a Web Browser
  such as Netscape Communicator or Internet
  Explorer.
• WebCT enables learning anytime,anyplace.

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WebCT Tools allow you to

• Access content
• Follow topics through links in a path
• Reference material on sites anywhere on the
  Internet
• Use the Glossary and Index Features

• Communicate
• Use the Bulletin Board
• Send Electronic Mail
• Chat
• Use the Whiteboard

• Manage the course
• Bookmark and annotate pages
• Access the Calendar
• Create simple Presentations

• Track your Progress
• Student Self-evaluation Quizzes
• Timed Online Quizzes
• Access your grades

Not every course offers every feature!
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Accessing WebCT at Sheridan

• 1. In your web browser, enter the URL
• http//essex.sheridanc.on.ca8900/
• 2. From the course index, select the desired
  course and Instructor combination, such as
• Course CADD21A1 - Architectural Drafting 1 - CAD
• Instructor Mark Kurdi
• 3. Log in with your WebCT course name and
  password.
• Notes
• -In some courses you may have to create your own
  WebCT account.
• -Add a bookmark to the main course page so you
  can access it quickly!

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Creating your own account

• In some courses you will be asked to create your
  own account. These courses will have a small key
  symbol in front of the course name.

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WebCT courses in the Architectural Department
All courses have a similar home page
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Taking a Quiz

• Two types of quizzes
• Self-evaluation Quizzes
• Timed Online quizzes
• To start a quiz, click on the link. The Quiz
  appears in two panes (or frames).
• 1. In the left frame, answer each question, then
  click on the Save Answer button under each
  question. (You may return to the question and
  save the answer again)
• 2. A small table in the right frame indicates
  which questions have been answered and which have
  not.
• 3. When the quiz is finished, press the Finish
  button (located on the top or bottom of the left
  frame) to submit the quiz answers for grading.

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Bulletin Boards
The Bulletin Board consists of a series of Forum
lists. Messages can be read and posted to any
Forum the student has access to. A Forum can be
public (open to all students) or private
(assigned to a group of students for
collaboration on a project).
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The Calendar

• A quick and easy way to mark major events.

The Calendar allows the course instructor and the
students to post data on major events. The
comments could be Public (readable by everyone)
or Private (readable only by the
Author. Instructors use the Calendar to post
important events like the date of a test or
exam Students add comments to mark due dates for
assignments, warnings to prepare for a quiz or
test, birthdays, etc.. Normally, only the
Instructor is allowed to post public comments.
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Tracking your progress

• On some courses, you will find a Progress or
  Your Record icon.

WebCT tracks the students progress through the
course, and records the different statistics on
how many times a page was accessed (or not), the
access times of the different pages, and other
data. Students can view some of this data to
track their progress in the course.
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Exercises and Assignments
Exercises and Assignments will be posted in every
WebCT course. Make a note of the due dates! These
assignments may be accessed through the Topical
Index, or through a special exercises and
assignments icon. The exercises will normally be
a simple HTML (web) page, and some may be
available in Adobe Acrobat PDF file format
(suitable for printing). CAD drawings will be
published on the Web as simple graphic images or
as a special DWF file. A DWF file is a drawing
file in a special format that can be displayed in
a browser window using a plug-in called WHIP.
The drawings can be enlarged, reduced or panned
around easily.
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