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Phase One: Initial Decisions and First Edits

Homepage Edits

• Change the banner image . ( This file should be located in instructor_images. If it is not, please email a request and one will be sent via email attachment. )
• Change the Course Prefix, Number, Title, and Credit hours.
• Do NOT change the Instructor info - this will be done immediately preceding the start of the semester.
• Edit the text (not the heading) of the Welcome to Class block. This should be your own phrasing.
• Edit the text (not the heading) of the Course Description block. This should be the catalog description also seen in the syllabus.
• Edit the text (not the heading) of the How to Get Started block. This will be course specific.
• Do NOT edit the Guidelines for RODP Courses or the Disclaimer.

Syllabus Edits

• The syllabus that comes in the template is a file named syllabus-courseNumber-semester.htm and can be found inside the edit-these-files directory.
• Download this file and edit it. Pretty much all text in the generic template should be replaced. The banner image should be changed to the course specific banner.
• After editing this file, it should be saved with a course-specific name such as syllabus-abnormal-psychology-fall-2002.htm.
• Upload the newly named syllabus file into the instructor-files folder.
• Reassign the syllabus link by clicking on Syllabus, Designer Options, Syllabus source (lower right hand corner).

Communication Page

• If chat and/or whiteboard are not being used in the course, these links should be removed.
• The course developer may wish to implement the Wimba Voice Discussion Board tool.
• The upper and lower textblocks should be edited.

Assignments

• The Assignments page contains a link to the WebCT Assignment tool . The assignment tool should be used if students are requested to turn in files such as Word documents, PowerPoint presentations, etc. Remember that WebCT is not designed to accept files attached to externally generated e-mails.
• The advantages and (considerable) disadvantages should be understood before deleting either of these pages. This decision can be made later in the development process.
• The upper and lower textblocks should be edited.

Study Tools

• The How This Course Works should be edited to be course specific.
• The upper and lower textblocks should be edited.