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Your course will be migrated from CE4 to CE6 for you.

Your CE6 course will contain all the items that were present in your CE4 course, including

• Course banner • Course structure • Quizzes • Assignments• Discussions

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Here’s the CE-4 Standard Template

Important icon links located on homepage.

CE-4 Template Converted to CE-6

Content Links remain on homepage

• Syllabus & Orientation• Go to Class• Student Resources

Whatever content was located on homepage in CE4 is still on homepage in CE6.

Course Tools have moved!

• Discussions• Assignments• Quizzes & Exams• Mail• CalendarHave ALL moved to the Course Menu

Here’s where they went!

Course Content Home

Navigation Tips:

• Click the Home icon (Course Content) to navigate to homepage. Note: the Back button and the breadcrumb trail are not as usable in this version.

• Click the double arrow on the Left Menu to expand and collapse Course Tools.

New tools available!

Quizzes, surveys, Self Tests

Tool works much the same way

Announcements

If your course list is short, remember that yourCE6 course will have all the tools that CE4 utilized.

Tool List:

Set Course dates: Rollover Dates

Tool operates same way; try Horizon Live!

Link directly to unit

Hyperlinks all CE4 Content Modules

Now Editable!

Tool List:

Mail is empty.

Search is new & improved!

Tool List:

Access all course links!Lets you see which students are logged in!

Tool List:

These tools• Remain at a consistent location

throughout all WebCT 6 courses.

• This makes it easier for students to move from one course to another (no need to learn a new navigation scheme in the next

course!).

Let’s add some tools:

First decide which tools will you use:

• Announcements• Who’s Online• Roster (a class list)• Local Content (CDs)• Media Library (collections of images with text

explanations, such as Class Album, glossary)• Web Links

You can also add tools that are specific to the student menu:

• ____My Grades• ____My Files• ____Notes

To Add Tools to Course Menu

• Click Build tab.• Find Designer Tools on lower left

menu.• Click Manage Course.• Click Tools link.• Checkmark all tools to be added.

Let’s Create an Announcement:

• Click Announcements link on left menu• Click the Create Announcements Button• Fill in required information, including display

dates.• Create a corresponding calendar entry?• Click Send.• Announcement will appear as scheduled.• Deliver as a popup message?• Go to Student tab and view message.

Announcements are not editable once published!

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