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Abstract

This guide describes procedures for local administration of our WebCT 6.0 courseware system.

This publication is available in Web form and also as a PDF document. Please forward any comments to tcc-doc@nmt.edu.

Table of Contents

1. Scope
2. What you'll need
3. Browser compatibility
4. Connecting as administrator
5. Important definitions
5.1. Organization level
5.2. Learning context
5.3. Roles
5.4. Category
6. Maintaining the category structure
6.1. Adding a category
6.2. Deleting a category
6.3. Changing the category of a course
7. Course management
7.1. Adding a course
7.2. Editing a course
7.3. Adding a section
7.4. Editing a section
7.5. Deleting a section
7.6. Cross-listing sections
8. Making and restoring course backups
8.1. Types of backups
8.2. Why make backups?
8.3. How to make an online backup
8.4. Offline backups: backing up a course as a file
8.5. Searching for a section
9. Restoring sections from backups
10. User records
10.1. Adding a user
10.2. Editing the user record
10.3. Deleting a user record
10.4. Search for user records
11. Enrollment: connecting users and roles
11.1. WebCT's roles
11.2. Viewing enrollment
11.3. Enrolling a user in a section
11.4. Unenrolling users
12. Batch operations: setting up classes en masse
12.1. webct6accts: Create WebCT accounts for all TCC users
12.2. webct6sects: Create courses, sections, and cross-listed sets
12.3. webct6enroll: Enroll all students in a section
12.4. webct6uncross: Remove a cross-listing parent section
12.5. How to import XML files
13. Branding the Institution Entry Page
14. Appendix I: Department codes