Author: Jana C. Avery

WebCT Faculty/Designer Interests

w Developing a WebCT Course
- Technical skills that are helpful in designing a WebCT course
- Tools that can be used to aid course design
- Effective course design strategies
- Which WebCT components to start with
- Choosing WebCT tools to complement course materials
- Good resources for learning about WebCT on one’s own
- What types of training are helpful
- Getting ideas about how other faculty are using WebCT
- Making online course content more accessible and user-friendly
- Shared Designers and their potential role in course development
- Ideas for organizing content
- Using WebDAV vs. Winzip to upload files
- Troubleshooting missing images and broken links
- Supplemental tools for course development
- Places to get ideas for course content
- Designing for high interactivity
- Web-supplemented vs. fully online courses
w Accessing WebCT Support
- Common support issues
- Ways to help prevent user-related support problems
- Support, guides and resources for faculty
- Support, guides and resources for students
- Ideas for improving access to support
w Managing a WebCT course
- Managing the student grade book
- Effective teaching methods for the online environment
- Tracking student activity
- Minimizing cheating on quizzes
- Encouraging student interactivity
- Facilitating communication and structuring discussions
- Strategies for managing a fully online course
- Importance of backing up, restoring and resetting a course