Riverside Community College - Open Campus - WebCT v4.1 Tutorials Are you a beginning WebCT v4.1 user? These tutorials will get you started. 2007-04-16T14:31:00-08:00 RCC Open Campus 2007-04-16-0 Attendance Roster Report 2007-04-16-1 2007-04-16T14:31:00-08:00 This tutorial shows RCC instructors how to find and print the Track Students area. At the end of the semester/session, a printout of this serves as the Attendance Roster and is given to the department IDS. How to Login to your Open Campus course 2007-04-16-2 2007-04-16T14:31:00-08:00 This is a step-by-step tutorial showing how to log in to your RCC Open Campus course. What is address? What are my passwords? All this is answered. Setting up your first WebCT course 2007-04-16-3 2007-04-16T14:31:00-08:00 This is a tutorial of how to set up your first RCC Open Campus online course. Learn to set up simple tools in your WebCT course. The WebCT v4.1 Homepage 2007-04-16-4 2007-04-16T14:31:00-08:00 This tutorial explains the layout of the WebCT homepage for v4.1. How to upload your syllabus file 2007-04-16-5 2007-04-16T14:31:00-08:00 This tutorial explains how to upload a syllabus file to the My-Files section of the WebCT v4.1 course. How to use the WebCT syllabus tool 2007-04-16-6 2007-04-16T14:31:00-08:00 This tutorial explains the two kinds of syllabuses that can be used in WebCT v4.1 - Syllabus tool, a form to fill out online and post, and the Syllabus file, how to use your own MS Word or html file. Using Content Modules 2007-04-16-7 2007-04-16T14:31:00-08:00 Here is how to set up Content Modules for linear presentation of course material. How to upload your files 2007-04-16-8 2007-04-16T14:31:00-08:00 Learn how to upload course material files in order to link them. How to add a URL 2007-04-16-9 2007-04-16T14:31:00-08:00 The URL tool can be easily used to add links for student for webquests. Where is the online roster? 2007-04-16-10 2007-04-16T14:31:00-08:00 This tutorial shows how to find the online roster. Control Panel - Manage Course - Manage Students. How to change a student's password 2007-04-16-11 2007-04-16T14:31:00-08:00 When a student changes his/her password and then forgets it, you can easily reset it on the online roster. Using Modify Layout to change the look of your course 2007-04-16-12 2007-04-16T14:31:00-08:00 This tutorial shows how to reset the setup of the homepage and other organizer pages. Do you want three columns of icons, or four? Do you want a different background color? Create a welcome announcement on the Homepage 2007-04-16-13 2007-04-16T14:31:00-08:00 Announcements and messages can be put up on the homepage by using textblocks. This tutorial shows how. Uploading and linking banners and photos 2007-04-16-14 2007-04-16T14:31:00-08:00 Find out how to add graphics to your pages via the Modify/Add banner image and/or an upper or lower textblock. How to upload and link up zipped files 2007-04-16-15 2007-04-16T14:31:00-08:00 This tutorial shows how to save time by zipping up many files, uploading, and unzipping them. How to delete textblocks 2007-04-16-16 2007-04-16T14:31:00-08:00 Are you wondering how to delete textblocks? Watch this tutorial and find out how. How to change an icon 2007-04-16-17 2007-04-16T14:31:00-08:00 Do you want to change the icon from the lined notebook paper icon to something else? This tutorial will show you how. Link a banner and use the syllabus tool 2007-04-16-18 2007-04-16T14:31:00-08:00 This is an interactive tutorial. The Control Panel 2007-04-16-19 2007-04-16T14:31:00-08:00 The Control Panel is the main place where Designer tools are located. This is a step-by-step tutorial with navigation and information. Using the Discussion Board 2007-04-16-20 2007-04-16T14:31:00-08:00 This tutorial show how to set up topics in the Discussion Board. How to send an email message 2007-04-16-21 2007-04-16T14:31:00-08:00 This tutorial demonstrates how to set up and send an email message inside of a WebCT v4.1 course. How to use the Chat tool 2007-04-16-22 2007-04-16T14:31:00-08:00 Learn how to use the Chat Room for private meetings. Change the room names. Working with the Calendar 2007-04-16-23 2007-04-16T14:31:00-08:00 Learn how to use the calendar tool in WebCT v4.1. Using the Discussion Board search function 2007-04-16-24 2007-04-16T14:31:00-08:00 This tutorial will show how to search for a particular student's posts. Make student groups in Discussions using Student Presentations 2007-04-16-25 2007-04-16T14:31:00-08:00 Student presentation groups are set up in the Discussions tool. Learn to make student groups manually or automatically. What is the Questions Database? Where are Quizzes? 2007-04-16-26 2007-04-16T14:31:00-08:00 This is an explanation of the setup of questions and quizzes in WebCT v4.1. How to make a quiz 2007-04-16-27 2007-04-16T14:31:00-08:00 Learn to make a quiz in v4.1 WebCT. Link students to a quiz from a Content Module 2007-04-16-28 2007-04-16T14:31:00-08:00 Sometimes you do not wish students to access the entire quiz list and panic when they see it. This tutorial shows how to hide the list from students and to make links to the quizzes from different Content Modules. Link quizzes for disabled students 2007-04-16-29 2007-04-16T14:31:00-08:00 Resetting quizzes for disabled students is not the only choice an instructor has. This tutorial shows how to duplicate quizzes for disabled students. How to change a point range in grades 2007-04-16-30 2007-04-16T14:31:00-08:00 This tutorial was inspired by an RCC instructor who wanted to change point ranges of large numbers down to a much smaller range of points, and also have letter grades be automatically calculated. How to restore your WebCT course to your dev site 2007-04-16-31 2007-04-16T14:31:00-08:00 It is possible for an instructor to download his/her most recent course, and upload it to the development site for updating. It is forbidden to make any changes on the live server if the instructor has not made a backed up WebCT file for archiving by Open Campus. There may come a time when the instructor may need a backup for a student inquiry. How to restore a previous semester course to your new semester course 2007-04-16-32 2007-04-16T14:31:00-08:00 Sometimes instructors are uploading their backed up course at the last minute. This tutorial will show how NOT to delete students that may already be input into the lastest course. Learn by watching this step-by-step tutorial what each restore control means, so you do not do delete your students!