WebCT is an Internet based program that gives students and instructors access to each other. It can be used to teach a class entirely online or to supplement a tele-video class or traditional class. Below are a few items that should be of interest to you as an online instructor:
Student Logins
Ø All student logins are their last name followed by their first initial plus the last four digits of their social security number. Your initial password is the last 4 digits of your social security number. All instructors and students should change this password to something unique but easy for you to remember.
Ø Your login ID and password are case sensitive. In other words, if your Login ID or password contains lowercase and/or capital letters, you must type in exactly what you see.
Changing your password:
Ø Click once on the icon for changing passwords
Ø A screen appears which requires you to enter your desired password twice
Ø Click the Update button
Ø A dialog box appears, click Continue
Ø You should get a screen which says Password Change Successful
Ø Click the Continue button
Ø Click the next Continue button
Ø A dialog box appears indicating Authorization Failed - you need to log in again, use your login ID and your NEW password. This should get you back into your class.
Don't forget it is important to remember your password. If you forget your password you will not be able to access your course until it is reset by Network Services.
Cannot remember my password
***All instructors please stress to your students that if they forget their password they will not be able to access their course. If they have lost their password the instructor for that class will need to contact Network Services so that we may change it for your student.
Use the navigation within WebCT
Ø Use the navigation within WebCT to go from place to place instead of the back and forward buttons in Netscape.
Ø You must totally close Netscape in order to log out of your class. In other words, even if you have visited other sites on the web after working in WebCT, if you don't close Netscape, someone else can get into your class.
Standard Login Procedures for WebCT:
- Find your course in the listing at http://courses.tvcc.cc.tx.us/webct/public/home.pl
You should see something like:
Ø If you have your Login ID and password either supplied to you by the instructor or created by you, follow the following procedures for normal login.
Ø Click once on the course name. A dialog box asking for your user name (Login ID) and password comes up. Enter them exactly as given to you.
Important
Ø Your Login ID and password are both case sensitive. In other words, GODOGS1 is different from godogs1 and both are different from GoDogs1.
Ø Click OK. This should get you into the Home page for your class.
Troubleshooting:
Ø If you get a dialog box, which says that authorization failed, click OK to retry. Then enter password.
Ø If you click Cancel, you will get a screen explaining that you need authorization. To get back to the list of classes, click the back button on the toolbar of Netscape.
Web Browser
Client application, such as Internet Explorer or Netscape, used to search and access documents and other services located on servers throughout the WWW and Internet.
Windows 95 98
Netscape 3.0 4.75
Ø WebCT does not currently support the latest version of Netscape Communicator (6.0). You can use Internet Explorer 4.0 5.0 but you may encounter some problems. WebCT does not support the latest version of Internet Explorer (5.5).
Ø You can download Netscape from Netscape's Download page.
Setting Up Your Browser
*** What is a browser?
We recommend you use Netscape Communicator versions 4.0-4.75. WebCT does not fully support America On Line (AOL) or previous versions of Internet Explorer. WebCT does not support Netscape Navigator or the latest versions of Netscape Communicator (6.0) and Internet Explorer (5.5).
For some of WebCT's tools to work properly with your browser, you must enable Java and JavaScript and set your cache properly.
Netscape Communicator 4.0-4.75
Windows
Step 1. Enable Java and JavaScript.
Ø Select the Edit menu and then Preferences.
Ø In the left side of the dialog box that appears, click Advanced.
Ø In the right side of the dialog box, select Enable Java and Enable JavaScript.
Step 2. Set the cache.
Ø In the left side of the same dialog box, click the "+" next to Advanced to expand the menu.
Ø Under Advanced, click Cache.
Ø In the right side of the dialog box under a phrase similar to "Document in cache is compared to document on network," select "Every time" from the list of options.
Ø Click OK.
Internet Explorer 5+
WebCT does not fully support Internet Explorer. WebCT does not support the latest version of Internet Explorer (5.5).
Windows
Step 1. Enable Java and JavaScript.
Ø Select the Tools menu and then Internet Options.
Ø In the dialog box that appears, click the advanced tab.
Ø Scroll until you see a section titled Java VM, and then click "Java JIT compiler enabled" and "Java logging enabled".
Step 2. Set the cache.
Ø In the same dialog box, click the General tab.
Ø Under Temporary Internet Files, click Settings.
Ø In the Settings dialog box that appears, you will see this statement "Check for newer versions of stored pages:" Under this click every visit to the page.
Ø Click OK in the Settings dialog box.
Click OK in the Internet Options
AOL
WebCT does not fully support AOL. If you use AOL for Web access, you will need the AOL 4+ client and the Netscape Communicator browser.
To access WebCT while connecting through an AOL client, you first connect with AOL and then minimize the AOL client while maintaining an Internet connection. Then use a Netscape Navigator browser to access WebCT. You will need to configure the Netscape Communicator browser for WebCT to function properly.
If you use earlier versions of the AOL client and Netscape Communicator, you will experience many difficulties when using WebCT's features
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