University of Central Florida

Teaching Online

WebCT CE4

WebCT Manual

Campus Edition - Version 4.1


NOTE: Webcourses@UCF - You will find instructions for using Webcourses@UCF in the myUCF portal.

  1. Go to: https://my.ucf.edu and log in.
  2. Select "Academic Resources"
  3. Select "Fac Webcourses@UCF Resources"

A PDF of each section of the WebCT Manual is provided below to allow easy viewing and printing. Hopefully, this format will allow quick access to the instructions you need.

You will need Adobe Acrobat or Adobe Acrobat Reader to view the pages. If you do not have the Reader, go to the following URL to download a free copy of the Reader, http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/alternate.html

Semester Close Out and Start Up Guide

WebCT CE4 - Closing Out the Semester and Semester Startup Checklist
Maintenance Checklist

Faculty WebCT Manual Cover Pages

Title Page (438 KB, page 1)

Table of Contents (426 KB, pages 3-10)

Student Perspective

The Student Perspective section covers how to use each tool from a student's perspective.

Section

Size

Pages

Table of Contents

403 KB

11-12

Introduction

406 KB

13-14

Login

668 KB

15-22

Help

417 KB

23-24

Discussions

615 KB

25-42

Course Content

421 KB

43-44

My Grades

418 KB

45-46

Quizzes

437 KB

47-50

Mail

646 KB

51-76

Chat

460 KB

77-80

Assignments

510 KB

81-90

Calendar

455 KB

91-98

Student Presentations

524 KB

99-108

Whiteboard

441 KB

109-110

Communication Tools

Communications Tools covers the useage of tools from a Designer's prespective. How to set up tools and features available only to the Designer.

Section

Size

Pages

Table of Contents

402 KB

111-112

Discussions Management

478 KB

113-120

Chat Room Management

430 KB

121-124

Assignments Management

526 KB

125-138

Calendar Management

427 KB

139-142

Student Presentation Management

521 KB

143-156

Whiteboard Management

519 KB

157-164

Course Content

Want to learn how to add content to your WebCT account? First, review how Manage Files works in WebCT and then go to Overview to Content for a description of the various methods of putting content into WebCT. Once you decide on the tool for your content, go to the instructions for the tool.

Section

Size

Pages

Table of Contents

402 KB

165-166

Manage Files

506 KB

167-178

Course Content Overview

451 KB

179-180

Content Module

612 KB

181-200

Single Page

474 KB

201-208

URL Page

438 KB

209-214

Organizer Page for Content

505 KB

215-224

Equation Editor in Content

460 KB

225-228

Glossary

484 KB

229-238

HTML Editor

768 KB

239-256

Maintain Content

Review the functions available in WebCT for updating your account from term to term, how to share your account with another designer, etc.

Section

Size

Pages

Table of Contents

402 KB

257-254

Organizer Page

555 KB

259-280

Course Settings

569 KB

281-304

Course Backup

465KB

305-312

Maintenance Checklist

406 KB

313-314

Course Reset

421 KB

315-316

Shared Access

431 KB

317-320

Control Panel

414 KB

321-322

Student Management

How do you get students into your WebCT account, track what they are doing in the account and enter grades?

Section

Size

Pages

Table of Contents

402 KB

323-324

Student Management

542 KB

325-340

Student Tracking

441 KB

341-344

Grade Management

556 KB

345-360

Batch Uploading Grades To Excel

533 KB

361-368

Quiz Management

Want to create a quiz or survey in WebCT. Here are the instrucitions.

Section

Size

Pages

Table of Contents

402 KB

369-370

Respondus

622 KB

371-386

Create a Quiz

543 KB

387-398

Quiz Question Types

653 KB

399-418

Manage Quiz

515 KB

419-428

Grading Interface

501 KB

429-438

Quiz Statistics

444 KB

439-444

Create a Survey

476 KB

445-452

Survey Submissions & Statistics

447 KB

453-458

Batch Upload Quiz Questions

474 KB

459-462

Tips & Tricks for Quizzes & Surveys

406 KB

463-464

Index (461 kb, pages 465-470)

Entire Manual

Following is a copy of the entire WebCT Manual. Beware! The WebCT Manual has almost 500 pages. We recommend that you download the manual to your computer for easy reference.

WebCT Manual (5,075 KB, 470 pages)