University of Central Florida

Teaching Online

Webcourses@UCF

How-To

To access the full manual, please log in to myUCF and go to: myUCF Menu > Academic Resources > Fac Webcourses@UCF Resources

To view these files, you will need a current version of Adobe Acrobat Reader.

If you find any of these directions to be incorrect or incomplete, or would like to see additional items added here, please email itg@mail.ucf.edu

Prepare Your Sections for Student Access

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Administration | Announcements | Assessments | Assignments | Chat/Whiteboard | Discussions | General | Grade Book | Groups | Learning Module | Mail

Administration

Announcements

Assessements

Assignments

Chat/Whiteboard

Discussions

General

Grade Book

Groups

Learning Modules

Mail

If you find any of these directions to be incorrect or incomplete, please email itg@mail.ucf.edu

How much storage space do students have in their MyFiles area?

Students are limited to 20 Megs of storage space in their MyFiles area.

How do Comments in the Grade Book work?

Comments entered in the Grade Book are for grade auditing purposes and do not appear to students. To provide comments to students, enter them when grading in the tool itself (e.g. Assessments, Assignments).

How do I invite more than one person to chat using the Who's Online tool?

You cannot invite more than one person to chat from Who's Online. This is one-on-one chat, like instant messenger. For a group chat, use a Chat room inside your course instead.

Why don't I see any recent student tracking information?

Student tracking updates hourly, so you will not see changes immediately.

Why did Webcourses@UCF tell me that my session has timed out or expired?

Webcourses@UCF has a security feature that will automatically log out an account after 90 minutes of inactivity. However, the system does not recognize activity within a textbox, so if you are entering text in the HTML Creator for 90 minutes without clicking Save, you run the risk of your webcourse closing and your text being lost. This can be avoided by saving periodically, or creating text in an outside word processing program and then copying or uploading the desired text.

How do I change the way my name appears in Webcourses@UCF?

To change the legal name maintained on your official record, submit a completed Change of Name form (http://registrar.ucf.edu/Changename.html) and supporting documentation to the appropriate UCF office:

Undergraduate students must submit the form to the Registrar's Office (MH 161; 407-823-3100)

Graduate students must submit the form to the Graduate Studies Office (MH 230; 407-823-2766)

Current UCF employees (GA, OPS, USPS, A&P classifications) and students who have been UCF employees within twelve months of the date of the name change are requested must submit the Change of Name form to the Human Resources Office (12565 Research Parkway; 407-823-2771).

Once you change request has been accepted, the name change will be populated into Webcourses@UCF at midnight that Saturday.

What are the new roles in Webcourses@UCF?

Designers can can edit, create, and delete course content, tools, assignments, and assessments (quizzes, self-tests, etc). This is the functionality of the Build Tab.

Instructors can arrange and deliver content and material using selective release, grade assignments, discussions and assessements, enroll students, and use group manager. This is the functionality of the Teach Tab.

Teaching Assistants (TAs) have a limited Instructor role. The Instructor and Designer may change the type of access a TA has by going to Manage Course › Settings › and under Administration › Teaching Assistant Settings. Further TA restrictions may be found under Settings in both the Discussions and Chat Tools. If an Instructor or Designer wishes the TA to have the same access as an Instructor, then all values need to be set to True. You can enroll a member as a TA through the Grade Book in the teach tab. Please Note: A student can also have the TA role.

Students can view course content, take and complete assignments and assessments, and is assigned a final grade.

Auditors can view course content, take and complete assignments and assessments, but they do not receive a final grade.

Why am I having trouble linking a .WMV file in the Media Library tool?

Webcourses@UCF does not support linking a .WMV file in Media Library. For a complete list of MIME types supported by Webocurses, please visit http://teach.ucf.edu/webcourses/mime

 If you find any of these directions to be incorrect or incomplete, please email itg@mail.ucf.edu

How do I edit non-HTML files in a Learning Module?

 When you try to edit some files within a learning module, such as a Word document, you may receive this message: "The file linked to this "Page" is not recognized as being editable." Only HTML files may be edited within Webcourses@UCF. All other file types must be downloaded and edited on your computer, and then uploaded again.