UW Online Supp (Faculty)

WebCT support is provided by Instructional Computing Services at the Ellbogen Center for Teaching and Learning

For common problems and their solutions, see the Online Course FAQ.

For more information contact Instructional Computing Services:

Engineering 1090

307-766-5499

ectltech@uwyo.edu

Online Supplemental Courses at UW

Faculty Resources

For an introduction, see the latest faculty message.

Course Studio shells are automatically created for each course officially taught by each faculty member, in the WyoWeb portal, but you can request an eCompanion, WebCT, or WyoSakai course shell for any of your courses at any time. For discussion and comparison, please come to an online course workshop (see the schedule) or see the workshop notes and other documentation:
http://www.uwyo.edu/ctl/WorkshopNotes/IntroOnlineSuppAllv2.htm

Course Studio (in WyoWeb) is a good course supplement for rudimentary communication and file sharing among you and your students. See Instructions for Standard Teaching Tasks in Course Studio.

WebCT is a good course supplement for administering self-tests and quizzes, and for maintaining, calculating, and distributing student grades online, and other standard course management system activities. See Instructions for Standard Teaching Tasks in WebCT. UW will no longer offer WebCT after Spring 2009.

ECompanion is a good course supplement for tracking announcements, promoting and assessing threaded discussion, document sharing among groups, and other standard course management system activities. See Instructions for Standard Teaching Tasks in eCompanion.

WyoSakai is offered in experimental form, with the standard course management facilities in the form of many powerful and highly configurable tools, resource controls, and means for collaboration. We have a Brief WyoSakai Introduction. See the hosting vendor's excellent short manual, "rSmart Sakai CLE Quick Start Guide for Instructors," which can be obtained from our office.

The "Online Supplemental Course Comparison" document discusses the facilities of the four platforms in some detail.

Faculty, do not forget to review this document: Online Course Minima

To obtain a website for either a WebCT, an eCompanion, or a WyoSakai online course, submit the Course Request form. Know the Online Course Minima first.

See the Online Supplemental Courses home page for information on accounts and enrollment.

For live help with the mechanics of WebCT, eCompanion, Course Studio or WyoSakai, come to a workshop. The schedule is at http://www.uwyo.edu/ctl/Workshops/Inst_Computing/.
For more information on academic websites in general, and other teaching technology, see the "Faculty Help" questions at http://www.uwyo.edu/ctl/Inst_Computing/Faculty_Help.html.

Those who forget passwords for eCompanion, WyoSakai, or WebCT should call 766-5499 or e-mail "ectltech@uwyo.edu."

Last update: 28 August 2008; RKH