WebCT Lessons for ISU students
The lessons on this page are designed to be taken in sequence. Some ISU instructors use the lessons in their courses to introduce students to WebCT and associate a quiz with the lessons in order to assure student success getting started in their courses.
Lesson 0 How to log into WebCT. This lesson is not numbered because it is not intended to be offered within WebCT. The rest of the lessons are meant to be linked from within WebCT. It shows how to locate the WebCT login screen and explains the protocol for student usernames and passwords.
Lesson 1 How to set your browser to work with WebCT. This lesson is especially important for logging in from home. There are several settings which are critical to using WebCT successfully which are shown in this lesson.
Lesson 2 How to navigate and print in WebCT. The various types of files in WebCT have different methods of printing. Printing HTML and PDF files is shown in this lesson.
Lesson 3 How to get help with WebCT. Technical support can be provided by different resources. It's important that students know who to turn to for technical support depending on the situation.
Lesson 4  Discussions in WebCT.  The WebCT Discussion tool is a 'bulletin board' where messages can be posted for others to read at a later time.
Lesson 5  Mail in WebCT. The WebCT Mail tool works much like email but is contained entirely within a WebCT course.
Lesson 6  Chat in WebCT. The WebCT Chat tool is an online meeting space where participants use text to 'talk' with one another while logged on at the same time.
Lesson 7  Quizzes/Surveys in WebCT. The WebCT Quiz/Survey tool is used for delivering tests and anonymous surveys online. This lesson explains the basic steps for taking a quiz or survey.
ISU Instructors:
  • If you would like to use these pages from within WebCT, create a link to http://www.isu.edu/itrc/webct4/lessons/index.html. Lesson 0 needs to be completed outside of WebCT.
  • The ITRC has designed a WebCT Quiz that can accompany these lessons and be used to set up "selective release" of course materials. Contact us for more information (208-282-2502) or itrc@isu.edu
Last modified October 29, 2003 | Copyright 2003 | Instructional Technology Resource Center