To request Essentials training to teach in Webcourses@UCF for the first time, please visit: Essentials
The Webcourses@UCF manual is available online in PDF via the myUCF portal at myUCF under Academic Resources>Fac Webcourses@UCF Resources.
Open labs allow you to work on your course and receive live assistance if needed. You can stop by at any time up until 30 minutes before the end of the session. All labs are held at the Orlando Campus in LIB-157 unless otherwise noted.
To register: Lab Sign Up Form
ITG offers all training workshops in two formats: face-to-face, and online using Adobe Connect. See below for a detailed description of each workshop.
Face-to-face workshops meet on the Orlando campus. Participants are welcome to bring their own laptops, or a Windows laptop will be provided.
Online workshops allow you to participate in a session from your office or home computer. You will need speakers to hear, and we recommend a headset for the best audio results. If you wish to ask spoken questions, you will need a microphone, and we recommend a headset with microphone for the best results. Recorded sessions will be posted here after the session. You will receive an email 24 hours before the workshop directing you on how to log in.
If a training workshop or Open Support Lab must be cancelled, registrants will be notified immediately and will have the opportunity to attend a specially-scheduled replacement training.
Fill out the Training Request Form and you will be contacted.
After your course is migrated to Webcourses@UCF, come learn what you need to do to get your course ready for students. We will identify migration-related issues and help you decide how to leverage the new tools, functionality, and design options to organize your current content. During the face-to-face session you will have time during this session to work on your course with help from instructional designers and our Webcourses@UCF support team. The online version includes an extended Q&A period. Note: You must have a course already migrated to the new version in order to attend this session.
This session introduces you to the interface and tool sets. After working in My Webcourses and Mail, you will explore the Build, Teach, and Student View tabs as you become familiar with select tools.
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Gain hands-on experience with the communication tools available in Webcourses@UCF: Announcements, Calendar, Discussions, Chat, and Who's Online. Learn to grade discussion postings and effectively manage discussion threads throughout the semester.
Become comfortable working in the Grade Book as you learn to navigate the interface and tailor it to meet your needs. Learn to create and edit additional columns, manage section members and grades, and access audit trails and individual performance reports.
Learn to create, manage, and grade assessments in Webcourses@UCF. Working in the Build tab, you will learn to create a variety of question types as you build quizzes, self-tests, and surveys. Through hands-on exercises, you will explore the numerous assessment features and settings available. Then, from the Teach tab, you will use Assessment Manager to grade quizzes, view surveys, and generate assessment reports.
Use the Group Manager tool to create groups, sign-up sheets, and group activities. Become familiar with the Assignments tool and how it can be used to create individual or group assignments that can be submitted as text with attachments, or as a web site. Collaboration options for assignments will also be explored. Finally, you will learn to use the Assignment Dropbox to grade and publish assignments.
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Explore several options for presenting content to students. After reviewing the options, you will build Learning Modules and customize the Action Menu to create rich, structured learning paths for students, and create Media Library collections and entries linked to terms in your content pages.
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Gain hands-on experience with a range of useful tools and utilities for managing your course throughout the semester. Learn how to manage the delivery of content by hiding items and setting release criteria, configure section settings to meet specific design or instructional objectives, leverage file manager to efficiently upload and manage multiple files and folders, facilitate content sharing, and create section backups.