Linda Neff

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Vista Basics

• Linda Neff

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Vista Training

• Vista Basics
• Prerequisite to Advanced Workshops
• Learn fundamentals
• ID 101-Essential Questions
• Vista Training online class
• Advanced Workshops
• Labs
• Notebooks

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Migration Process

• Request to migrate a CE course
• E-Learning site form
• One to two weeks to migrate
• Improving Your Migrated Course in notebook

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Peoplesoft Integration

• Peoplesoft is authoritative
• Students enrolled automatically
• Students unenrolled automatically
• TAs Co-instructors must be in Peoplesoft
• Start Date
• End Date 2 weeks
• Combine sections

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New Shell Request

• Rarely used except for
• Non-Credit Course
• Development for future course
• Request a new shell using shell request form
  found at ELC site

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Todays Workshop

• Exploring Vista
• My Vista
• Mail
• Common Functions in Vista
• Explore a section - tab structure, Course Content
  Home, Course Menu

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Todays Workshop

• Designing Your Course The Basics
• Add Course Tools
• Create Content use the Course Tools you added
  to create content items
• Organizing Content by adding links, files, and
  folders to Course Content Home
• Customize visual aspects of your course
• Show Vista Tour you can view later

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Learning Outcomes

• After completing this workshop, you will be able
  to
• Navigate and customize My Vista.
• Compose and organize Mail messages.
• Perform functions common to many features in
  Vista.
• Explore the Build, Teach, and Student View tabs.
• Design a Course
• Add tools to the Course Menu
• Create content items and files
• Organize content by adding content links and
  creating folders
• Customize the look of the course

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Activity Logging In

• Log in to Your Practice Course
• The URL is http//build.vista.nau.edu
• Use your NAU ID and password to log in.

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Activity My WebCT

• Add a To Do Note.
• Hide the My Grades channel.
• Rearrange the order in which the channels display.

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HTML Creator

• HTML Creator is available in these tools
• Assessments
• Assignments
• Course Content
• Discussions
• File Manager
• Mail
• Learning Modules

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Common Functions

• Underlined text indicates that an item is
  clickable
• ActionLink menus
• Sort by column
• Select items in a list and perform an action
• Paging preferences

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Activity Using Mail

• From My Vista, open Mail.
• Create a message.
• Compose a one-word message of high priority.
  Address it to yourself.
• Sort messages by author, date, or subject.
• Create a new folder and move a read message to
  it.
• Collapse the folder frame.

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Activity Exploring the Interface

• Build tab
• Teach tab
• Student View tab

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Design Features of Build Tab

• The Build tab is where you construct a course.
• Course Design Process
• Add Course Tools
• Create Content
• Organize Content
• Customize the Look of Your Course

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Activity Add Tool and Set Its Visibility

• Add the Announcements and Whos Online tools to
  your course.
• Hide the Whos Online tool.
• Go to the Student View tab and note which tools
  are available.

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Creating Content

• In WebCT CE, you use Course Tools to create
  content items. The items are added to that tools
  inventory.
• Students can access the items by
• clicking on the appropriate tool in Course Tools
  to display its inventory
• clicking a link you have added to the items from
  the Course Content Home, Learning Modules, or
  folders.

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Activity Creating Content

• Create a Chat room called Virtual Office Hours.
• Create two Web Links. Make one visible and one
  hidden. Go to the Student View tab and note which
  links are visible to students.

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Activity Organizing Content

• Using the Add Content Link feature, add the Web
  Link that you created earlier to Course Content
  Home.
• From Course Tools, use the Chat tool to add the
  Virtual Office Hours room to Course Content Home.
• Add a file to Course Content Home.
• Add a folder and add a link to a content item.

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Activity Using ActionLinks

• Hide a link.
• Move a link.
• Customize a link by adding a description for it.

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Customizing the Look of Your Course

• Global color selections - affect the display of
  Course Content Home, Folders, and tool pages.
  They do not affect colors within HTML pages you
  have uploaded to the course.
• Headers and footers important for conveying
  information
• Layouts can minimize scrolling

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Activity Selecting Course Colors

• Select one of the predetermined color sets for
  your course.
• Select a custom color set for your course.

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Activity Page Options

• Edit the header on Course Content Home.
• Add a footer to a folder.
• Change the page layout for Course Content Home to
  Layout 4.

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Activity Changing Icons

• Change the icons for your entire course by
  selecting a new icon set.
• Replace an individual icon with an image file
  stored in the File Manager.

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Learning More

• Online Help in WebCT
• www.webct.com
• Ask Dr. C (www.webct.com/askdrc)
• Support (www.webct.com/support )
• Campus Resources
• E-Learning Center Help Line at 928-523-5554
• E-Learning Center Help mail at elc-help_at_nau.edu

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Looking Ahead

• Additional F2F Workshops
• Online Training Opportunities
• Brown-bag Sessions

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Questions and Answers
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Workshop Evaluation and Feedback