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Making the Virtual Classroom a Reality | MVCR Orientation | WebCT Tutorial

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MVCR WebCT Tutorial
The seven lessons below will help you to become familiar with the features you will use most as you
participate in your online courses.
Lesson 1 - Accessing WebCT
Lesson 2 - Your Course Homepage
Lesson 3 - Reading Messages
Lesson 4 - Message Options
Lesson 5 - Posting a Message
Lesson 6 - Working with Messages
Lesson 7 - Searching Your Messages
This tutorial can be viewed as a single PDF document as well.
Optional
You might also want to view the tutorials available from the WebCT Web site at
. This page is from their online
learning orientation. There is also a student/instructor WebCT features index giving explanations of all
of the WebCT tools. Readings from the WebCT site are optional, but may provide you with a firm
background in the software, especially if you are planning to use it in your own course.
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Sujets

• Orientation (mathématiques)
• WebCT
• Université de l'Illinois
• Recherche et sauvetage
• Red Arrows Football Club

Informations

• Publié par: Phawyeng
• Nombre de lectures: 106
• Langue: English

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Click the link calledLog on to MyWebCT. You will find that it is password protected. This is to preserve our intimate class environment where we can conduct closed class, group, or individual communications. Type in theUser nameandpasswordyou have been given by the administrator or the course instructor and either pressEnter, or clickOKnot have a User name and password,. (If you do please contact your instructor immediately. If you have forgotten your password, you can click on the "Forgot your password?" link to have it e-mailed to you.)

If your login is successful, you will be presented with aMyWebCTscreen that looks similar to that in the image below. Note: For course announcements, please refer to your particular course, as the

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Lesson 1 Accessing WebCT

WebCT requires using a browser that supports frames. Netscape Navigator 4.0 or higher or Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.x or higher are recommended.

To access WebCT, you must type the URL in the address box of your web browser or follow the link to WebCT from your course's Home Page. The URL will look similar to this one:

http://webct.online.uillinois.edu

After typing a successful URL, you will be presented with the WebCT login box.

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Use your browser'sBackbutton to return to the initial page. Click theLog On To myWebCTlink and try entering yourUser nameandpasswordagain. If you continue to experience problems logging in, contact your course instructor.

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The WebCTHomepagewill look similar to the one in the image below.

TheHomepageto perform activities that you may usehas several areas with links that you can click while taking your MVCR course. Each of those will be explained below.

The Menu Bar TheMenu Bar(see the red arrow below) is primarily for navigation.

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Lesson 2 Your Course's Homepage

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Your courseHomepagemay have content icons and links that are different from the link to the Discussion forumin the image above.

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