The Homepages tool allows you to create
your own web page. Clicking on this icon
will take you to a list of student names.
You can view any user's homepage by
following its hyperlink. To customize your
own page, click on your name. The
window will now be divided in two
frames. The bottom frame provides you
with the attribute options that you can set
for your homepage. The top frame will
display the page as you update it.
Glossary Definition: Bulletin Board
The bulletin board (or forum) is a place
where public messages are posted. You
can find out more on forums at What is a
bulletin board?
Glossary Definition: Chat
The Chat tool lets you 'talk' to lecturers or
students online. Find out more about this
tool on How do I chat online?
Glossary Definition: Calendar
With the Calendar tool you can view any
scheduled events. You can add private
entries to the calendar (visible only to
yourself) and, if the instructor has allowed
it, public ones (visible to everyone in the
course) . A list of new events pops up
when you access the calendar.
Glossary Definition: Password
This tool allows you to change your
module password.
Glossary Definition: Presentation
This tool allows students to upload files to
the course. Students, usually working in
groups, can do online presentations.
Clicking on this icon divides the browser
window in two frames. The top frame lists
the groups and their respective
presentations. Clicking on a group name
lists the login ID's of the members in the
lower frame while clicking on a project
link creates a new window containing the
presentation. The group to which you
belong will have an "Edit" image next to its
name. Clicking on this image will take you
to the file manager where you can upload
and organize your presentation files. Note:
You must name your starting file
"index.html" otherwise the project name
will not be hyperlinked to your
presentation.
Glossary Definition: refresh
REFRESH is one of the options on the menu in the learning
materials. You choose this option to return (refresh) your
notes after you have visited a WebCT tool such as bulletin
board, email or glossary.