WebCT for Beginners II2 Syllabus with hyperlinks and images, Files in Contents Module, Organizer, Ap

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WebCT for Beginners II-2 -Syllabus with
hyperlinks and images, Files in Contents Module,
Organizer, Appearances

• Yi Guan-Raczkowski
• Educational Technology Specialist
• Quinebaug Valley Community College
• Middlesex Community College
• Three Rivers Community College

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Hyperlinks in MS Word

• You may create hyperlinks in your syllabus word
  file.
• Highlight the text, click hyperlink icon
• Type the URL in the address box. Click OK.
• Email link, instead of URL, you need to type
  mailtoemail address in Address box.

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Image in MS Word

• Clipart
• Go to Insert, select Picture, Clipart. Type a
  keyword in the search window. Click Search
  button. Click an image, resize it.
• Image from a disk/folder.
• Insert, Picture, From File.
• Locate the file.

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Convert to Web Page, Web Option Set Up

• Go to File, select save as web page.
• You must set up your Word Web Options to ensure
  that the .html file you convert to is
  compatible with Internet Explorer and Netscape
  and the image is stored in the same folder as the
  Word file.
• Go to Tools and select Web Options.
• In General Tab
• Select
• Uncheck
• Click OK button

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Web Option Set Up for a Word File with an Image

• When Word file uses an image, it is suggested
  that you save the image in the same folder with
  the word file. To ensure this, you need to
• Click File tab.
• Uncheck organize supporting file in a folder.
• Then you click OK for the Web Option window.
• Give a title for the file.
• Give a short name for the HTML file (no space or
  special characters such as /.,).
• In addition to the HTML file converted, you need
  to upload all image files generated by MS Word.
• When you have 1 image, there will be 2 image
  files generated by using save as web page
  command in Word. You need to upload all these 2
  files.
• Content module
• You only need to add the syllabus HTML file to
  the content module. The image will automatically
  show in the syllabus file.

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Files in Contents Module

• In Contents module, you can add various types of
  files such as a MS Word file, an MS Excel file, a
  MS PowerPoint file, an image file .jpg or
  .gif, a video or an audio file. But when you
  add these files, your students must have the
  corresponding application to open the file.
• Before you add any files to the Content module,
  you must upload them to WebCT either in My-Files
  folder or a subfolder you created within My-Files
  folder.
• When you add any of these files, you need to
  change the file heading in the Contents module.

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Upload and Attach a PowerPoint File

• You may upload and attach a PowerPoint file (e.g.
  webct.ppt).
• Select Manage Files on the Control Panel.
• Click Go when Upload a file is checked.
• Click Browse button. Locate the PowerPoint
  file folder. Double-click the file. Click
  Upload button.
• Wait for a few seconds if the file is large. The
  file will be listed in My-Files folder.

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Attach the PowerPoint File

• Click Course Contents module on the navigation
  bar.
• Click Designer Options.
• Check Add file. Click Go.
• Check Show all files in the My-Files folders in
  Manage Files.
• Select the Webct.ppt file.
• Click Add button at the bottom.

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Edit Title

• The PowerPoint file is named Untitled. You need
  to change the title.
• Drag the scroll bar down till you see Edit menu.
• Check Edit Title. Click Go button. Type the
  new title. Click Update button.
• Click Update Student View link at the upper right
  corner to update the student view.

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Update Student View

• You must update student view in order to let your
  student view the Excel file you just added.
• Click View Designer Map. Click Update Student
  View.

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View or Save the PowerPoint File

• Check View radio button at the top of the screen.
• Click the PowerPiont file link. Check Open the
  file from its current location. Click OK.
• Your student must have a PowerPoint viewer or
  Powerpoint application in his computer to open
  the powerpoint file.
• If your students dont have MS PowerPoint, you
  may direct them to download a PowerPoint viewer
  from http//www.microsoft.com. Do a search for
  the PowerPoint Viewer.
• If your student selects save the file to the
  disk. He can save it to his computer for later
  use.

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Attach an Image, Word, or Excel File

• Same steps as attaching a PowerPoint file.
• Upload the file.
• Add the file to the Content Module.
• Edit Titles.
• Update Student View.

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Reorganize Icons in the Home Page

• When you have added many modules to the Home
  Page, you may want to re-group them.
• You use an Organizer page to group modules/icons.
• Practice
• Create an organizer page named Communications
  with the following modules
• Discussion, WebCT Mail, Chat
• Steps
• Add an organizer page named Communications. Move
  the Discussion, WebCT Mail, and Chat modules to
  the Communications.
• Reorder the modules on the Navigation Bar.

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Organizer Page Communications

• Go to Add Page or Tool.
• Select Organizer Page.

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Set Up the Organizer Page

• Type Communications in the title box.
• Check both On the Navigation Bar and On the
  Organizer with HomePage selected.
• Click Add button.

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Move a Module to the Organizer Page

• Click Return to Homepage. Or click Homepage on
  the navigation bar.
• Then check Designer Options.
• You need to move one module at a time.
• Check the Discussion module. Drag the scroll bar
  down.
• Check Move to another pages. Click Go button.
• Select Communications.
• Click Move button.

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Change the Communications Icon

• Since the Communications use the Default icon,
  the same as Resources s icon, you may need to
  change the icon.
• Check Communications in the Designer Options of
  the Homepage.
• Check Edit Link, click Go button.
• In the new window, click Browse button.
• In the WebCT file window.
• Drag the scroll bar down. Click WebCT-Files
  folder if there are no other folders listed
  underneath.
• Click Icons folder. Click WebCT Photos
  folder. You will see a list of files listed
  underneath.
• Select a file to preview until you find an icon
  to be used (Communication_Tools.gif).
• Click Pick button.
• Click Update button in the Edit Link window.

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Reorder, Delete, or Rename a Module Icon

• When you reorder, delete, or rename a module
  icon, you need to do it in two places
• Home Page/Organizer page, check Designer
  Options
• Course Menu, click Change Settings, click Go
  button underneath Edit Course Menu.

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Move the Communications from Home Page

• From the Home Page, check Designer Options.
• Check the Communication module. Drag the vertical
  scroll bar down.
• Check Move Backward and click Go button.
• Drag the scroll bar down and click Go again.
• Repeat the same steps a few times till the
  Communications module is in the right place.

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Rename a Module

• You may want to rename the Calendar as
  Announcement in Home Page.
• In the Designer Options of the Home Page
• Check the module that you want to rename.
• Check Edit Link and click Go button.
• Type the new name.
• Click Update button.
• Rename a module icon in an organizer page with
  the same way.

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Module Link on the Navigation Bar

• From the Home Page, although you have moved
  Communications to a place where you want it to
  be, the order of modules on the Navigation Bar
  does not correspondingly change.
• You need to reorder it from the Navigation Bar
  separately.
• Click Change Settings on the Control Panel.
• Click Go button under Edit Course Menu.

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Move a Module Link Up/Down

• Up-Check the radio button of Communications.
  Check Move Line up by, select 4. Click Go.
• Down-check a module and select Move Link Down by
  certain number.

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Indent Modules

• You would like to indent three modules under
  Communications.
• Check Discussions. Select Rename selected Link.
  Type the new name as -Discussions.
• Click Go button.
• Indent the rest of modules with the same steps.

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Rename a Module from the Course Menu

• In the same edit course menu window,
• Check the module you want to rename.
• Check Rename Link and type the new name Course
  Contents.
• Click Go button.

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Customize Home Page Layout

• Click Designer Options from the Home Page.
• Drag the vertical bar down till you see Customize
  menu.
• Check Modify layout. Click Go button.
• Select 3 (2 or 4) in the Number of columns tab to
  set of columns/icons in a row.
• Click Update button.
• Use the same steps to
• Add banner image-add an image at the top of the
  home page.
• Add hit counter

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Change Course Appearance

• You may change the color of navigational bar and
  buttons.
• Click Change Settings from the Control Menu.
• Scroll the bar down till you see Customize
  Course Appearance.
• Select Customize Page Color and click Go
  button.
• Select a set number such as A.
• Click Update button.
• You may explore the following
• Check Custom, double-click a color for a column
  and click Update button.