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The Student Presenations
tool allows you and your classmates to upload and store files in
the course, work on collaboratie projects, and to post finished papers
or presentations.
As a student, you
may choose to create your HTML documents by using a word processing,
spreadsheet, presentations, or HTML editing program. An HTML editor,
such as Netscape Composer, Microsoft FrontPage, Adobe PageMill, or Macromedia
Dreamweaver, can be used to create linked documents and include graphics.
You don't need to
know HTML to use this tool. HTML versions of documents created in Word,
Excel, PowerPoint; plain text files (*.txt), graphic files (*.gif and
*.jpg), and PDF files can all be used to build presentations and projects.
In addition, you aren't tied to the Internet to work on your presentations.
Files can be downloaded to your computer so you can work on them offline.
To Enter the
Student Presentations Section, click on the Student Presentations
icon located on the course Homepage, or course menu (Note: Some courses
may not use this tool, or the link may be placed in a different location
in the course.).
The above image
shows the default Icon for the Student Presentations Section.
However, your instructor may choose to use a different icon for this
section.
Notice the table
that lists group names, members and a brief project title. To view
a project, click on the linkked project title. Any group in which
you are a member will have an [Edit Files] link after the group
name. This allows you access to edit files.
To Upload a file
to the Student Presentations section, click on [Edit Files]
for the group you belong to.
- Select Upload
file under File Options
- Click Go
- Click Browse
to choose a file to upload from your local drive.
- Locate the file
on your local drive, select the file and click Open.
Shortcut: Double-click on the file name
- Check the destination
folder to be sure it is correct. Click Upload (WebCT fills
in the file name field automatically).
To View Your
file: When in the Manage Files area, click on the file name. WebCT's
View File frame displays your documents as those outside your group
will see it.
To Edit Your
File: There are two ways to edit your files:
- Select the file
from the listing by checking the box and choose Edit from the drop-down
box at the top of the screen. This action brings you to a window containing
the HTML code for the file. You can edit the text and HTML tags directly
on the server from this screen.
- You may need
to download the file from Manage Files if it is not yet saved
to your hard drive. For instance, if another group member uploaded
a file and you would like to add to it, you would download it to your
local computer, modify it, and upload it to your presentation group's
folder in WebCT's Manage Files.
- Modify the
file while it is on your hard drive using your word processor
or web editor
- Save the
file
- Re-upload
the file to a folder in Manage Files in WebCT
Create a Web
Site from the Group's Documents: Student Presentations is set up
to display only one document title next to each presentation group.
Therefore, this single document is used as a "homepage" which
serves as the introduction page to the project, document, or assignment.
This page also holds the links to other group documents.
- Upload a file
named index.html to your group's folder. You can create this
file in a word processor or web editor, or in WebCT using HTML coding.
- Upload associated
documents to Manage Files.
- Add links to
other documents on your index.html page using your HTML editing software
or WebCT's HTML editing feature.
- Test your site
links:
- Return to
the Student Presentations area
- Click on
the linked project name to get to your group's home page ('index.html')
- Check your
links to be sure they are functioning
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