CE6 (WebCT/Blackboard) Startup Instruction

If you are a new faculty at USD using CE6 for the first time, if you have used CE6 or other similar learning management tools at other universities, or if you are a current faculty (novice or expert user of CE6) at USD migrating from the earlier version of WebCT to CE6, the sequence below is is recommend for a successful delivery of your online courses.

We value your time, however due to complexities of the new platform, changes in terminology and interface in addition to several components specific to USD, we ask the current faculty using WebCT at USD to attend a workshop designed for that purpose (we will not be covering how to use features, but will discuss migration process of your CE4 courses to CE6, and simply get our expert users familiar with the new look and feel).

1. Attend a Workshop (QuickStart- At-a-Glance)
2. Submit Course Request Forms (New Course Activation, Crosslist request, Shared designer or TA access)
3. Login to CE6 server
4. Check Browser and Settings
5. Assign Course Content -How to create your new course (based on a Global Template or an Old WebCT4 migrated content in your archive)
6. CE6 Course Homepage-New Interface (3 tabs)-New tools and navigation bar -New Tools, New Interface and Changes
7. Enrolling/Unenrolling Students (adding and dropping students)
8. Providing Student with access information
9. Follow up with Q&A workshops to begin building your course content and design

CE6 Server Login Access

Login to http://pope.sandiego.edu the new production server of WebCT6.

Check Browser is an important step in use of CE6 with the browser of your choice. Please take time to completely follow the instruction in order to have a compatible browser and settings before you start with CE6. Browser Tune Up Page!

When you first login to CE6 server with your USD account username and pass, you will see a list of courses that you are teaching in the upcoming semester.

These are placeholders for your courses that we get from the registrar. They are not yet containing data and information of a CE6 new template or your old course content.

Your account may also contain links to your Fall 2006 semester courses (because we started the migration process at that time).  These are simply a link and do not contain content. You can submit a deletion request to remove these from your account when you get underway with your CE6 course development.

In the next step, you will need to connect the placeholder to either a Startup USD Global template, or you can create a new course based on an old course archived in your account.

At the start of your first semester, your developed courses are ones that we transfer to CE6 server to remain as archive in your account.

Important: When you send us a transfer course request form (http://www.sandiego.edu/webct/forms/transfer.php) to move your course(s) from CE4 to CE6 server, we will send you an email confirming the completion of your request. At that time, will ask you to check the integrity of the transferred content.

Course List- Assign Content

After you login to http://pope.sandiego.edu >> you will see a “Course List” with courses that you are teaching or taking.  Entry page similar to the snapshot below:

The next step is to click on one of your courses either to start with a new startup template or to build a new course based on an old course archived in your account.

Assign Course Content :

Important!! Please ONLY choose the middle option of “Copy Content from another course”. You will choose this option if you are beginning with the start up shell/template of USD or using an old course content transferred from CE4 into your CE6 account.

If you choose other radio buttons, you cannot reset it and will have to call us to reset and start all over (a timely process for us). 

Choose the “Copy Content from another course” option >> Click on Continue.

Make your selection-- Copy Content from another course in your archive or new template

1. Choose USD Global Section- New Section if you are starting with a brand new course.
2. Choose any of the other radio buttons if wish to copy that content to your new course.

3. Click Continue.

CE6 Course Homepage

• Your entry page to a CE6 if stated with USD Global Template-Startup Shell may start with some general information about CE6 Course Tools, Designer Tools and some Tutorial links.
• Please read and click on Done!
• Check out the new interface, check out the new tools and function >> Begin your course design and development.

If you have built your new course on an existing course in your archive or a global template, you will see the course homepage that you based your new course on. If you chose the New Global Template, it may look like the image below, or if you have used one of your WebCT4 courses in your archive, your CE6 course will have the same look and feel as your WebCT4 course. You may need to reorganize some content and tools if you migrated your course from CE4 to CE6.

Snapshot below is if you chose USD Global Template:

When you get to this step, you will begin your course design and layout by adding or removing links or tool to augment your course as covered during the training courses.

View the Three New Tab Options:

1. Build- tools to design your course content
2. Teach-- tools for teaching your course
3. Student—True student view to check out what students can see

Your next steps may include:

• Modifying header to indicate your course name (please leave the banner intact).
• Modifying the footer of the page to indicate your contact information
• Begin adding your syllabus, add an assignment or compose new discussion posting, send a pop-up announcement to your students, fill updates and information on the calendar
• Give clear instruction and direction for use of files, assignments or learning modules.

Enrolling and Unenrolling Students

Your student roster is automatically loaded into your course, once we receive your course activation request. The roster will be automatically updated each night. Students who drop the course will NOT be automatically unenrolled (see how to "Unenroll a Member" below). Students will have access to the course from the Start Date, which is determined by the Term assigned to your course.

To view your student roster from within your CE6 course:

1. Go to the TEACH tab and click on Grade Book.
2. If you see only a partial list of students, your Student Roster may have additional pages.
   You may access them by clicking on the Page drop down menu found below your roster:
   

3. If you wish to see all your students in a single page, you may change your Paging Preferences by clicking on the icon found on the bottom right corner below your roster:

4. An Edit Paging window will open.
   Enter the number of students you would like to see simultaniously and click Save.

Enroll a Student, Auditor, or TA:

1. From the TEACH tab, click on Grade Book
2. Click on Enroll Members
3. Enter the USD username of the individual you wish to enroll
4. Select the appropriate Role from the dropdown menu, then click Enroll
5. Click SAVE

Unenroll a Member:

1. Check the box next to the name of the individual you wish to Unenroll
2. Click Unenroll

Adding a Single Student into your course roster in CE6 course.

Please Note: This may not work depending on our activation and automation process with the registrar's listing. If you need help with adding additional students who do not show up in your course roster, please send us an email with the exact course info, your information and the student's information (name, USD ID and USD username).

Please Note: If you add students manually and this manual add or drop does not work well in your case (depending on our activation and automation process with the registrar's listing), please send us an email with the course information and request the roster to be loaded again beacuse you have students that are not able to gain access or do not show up in your CE6 course roster. Please provide complete information (your name, username, course id, and the student's information (name, USD ID and USD username)).

Important: Please make sure to ask the students if they have already established USD username and password prior to roster request (http://mirapoint.sandiego.edu)