Customising your Welcome Page 
Adding a new Instructor's name 
Welcome message to Bulletins
Forwarding email to your normal address
Editing the contents of any file
Basic HTML
Adding students to your course

CUSTOMISING YOUR WEBCT MODULE


Posting a welcome message to Bulletins

Bulletins are the where you can hold discussions and they have been proved to be one fo the most important elements in holding students to an online course. They are asynchronous so people have the time to edit their ideas and contribute however slow, shy or hesitant they are. It is important

  • both you and your students know how to use them
  • and that you have a friendly welcome waiting there for that first visit

How to post a welcome message to new students
 1. Login with your developer/instructor password
 2. Click on Bulletins on the Home Page
 3. Click on Forums
 4. Click on Main
 5. Compose
 6. Type in a Heading eg Welcome!
 7. Type in welcome message in main text area
 8. Attach photo file if you wish or your web page
 9. Post
 10. Update listing and see if it is good
 11. If not, edit by clicking on little box, then delete and redo.

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