This workshop will explore the communication tools in Vista 3.0, including Calendar, Discussions, Mail, Chat/Whiteboard, Who’s Online, and Announcements tools. We will cover how and when to add these tools, as well as how to customize each tool for your class.

• step-by-step instructions,
• instructive videos,
• short Flash quizzes, and
• hands-on exercises in your own Vista training class.

Please view the workshop objectives and class agenda for more information. After you register, you will be contacted with the information you need to begin.

Please disregard the date and location listed below. The class will be open and ready for you to begin after Monday, August 14, 2006. You will have until Monday, September 4, 2006 to complete the class.

This workshop is designed to help you create your WebCT Vista class and prepare it for use. You will learn all of the basics you need to know to get your class ready for the semester from the comfort of your home or office computer. Users should have a headset and a computer with a highspeed internet connection (at least a DSL/cable modem).

After this workshop, you will be able to:

• Configure your browser to work with Vista
• Request and prepare your class
• Use the basic Vista tools
• Add/remove tools on the Vista toolbar
• Create headers and footers on organizer pages
• Add links to content pages, organizers, and external Web sites
• Create and add a syllabus
• Add and modify columns to the grade book
• Add grades to the grade book

Workshop objectives

After this workshop, you will be able to:

• Configure your browser to work with Vista
• Use context-sensitive help information
• Request and prepare your class
• Use the basic Vista tools
• Add/remove tools on the Vista toolbar
• Create headers and footers on organizer pages
• Add links to content pages, organizers, and external Web sites
• Create and add a syllabus
• Use the Vista file manager to upload and download class content
• Add and modify columns to the grade book
• Add grades to the grade book

• Distinguish between the uses of different column types in WebCT.
• Add new columns to the grade book.
• Enter grades manually to newly-added columns.
• Modify different column properties.
• Add the “My Grades” tool which enables students to see their grades to your WebCT course.
• Release different columns in the grade book.
• Enter a formula in the grade book which will show total accumulated points.
• Download the WebCT grade book and modify it using a spread sheet.
• Upload an Excel spread sheet into WebCT.
• Search for student records in the grade book according to available criteria.

• step-by-step instructions,
• instructive videos,
• short Flash quizzes, and
• hands-on exercises in your own Vista training class.

Please view the workshop learning objectives and class agenda for more information. After you register, you will be contacted with the information you need to begin.

Please disregard the date and location listed below. The class will be open and ready for you to begin after Monday, August 14, 2006. You will have until Monday, September 4, 2006 to complete the class.

Note: there will be a one-hour break for lunch.

• Using the Teach, Build, and Student View tabs
• Creating announcements
• Editing assessment questions and settings
• Grading assessments
• Creating, viewing, and managing discussion topics and postings
• Creating columns and entering grades in the Vista grade book
• Creating Learning Modules and syllabi
• Using Selective Release to customize content delivery

Bring your files on a CD or floppy disk, or have them stored in your career account Home directory. Tell us what you'd like to do with your Vista class, and our trainers and consultants will work with you one-on-one to help you set it up.

After this workshop, you will be able to:

• Create and customize settings for class assignments
• Set selective release criteria for assignments
• Set grading, collaboration, and submission options for assignments
• View and grade submitted assignments and return to students for resubmission
• Create group assignments
• Link assignments to calendar entries
• Change assignment grades in the Vista gradebook

This workshop covers the three types of assessments in Vista: quizzes, self-tests, and surveys.

After this workshop, you will be able to:

• Explain when to use each type of assessment
• Create categories and questions in a question database
• Describe and create each available question type
• Create questions using the HTML and Equation Editors
• Attach files to questions
• Create and customize each type of assessment
• Discuss strategies for fostering academic integrity
• Customize selective release settings based on date/time and other criteria
• Link assessments to individual calendar entries
• Manage quiz submissions and grades

Through hands-on activities, we will build Learning Modules and customize the Action Menu to create rich, structured learning paths for students. We will also use the Media Library tool to build collections of media files to share with students.

• identify strategies for effectively naming and organizing files locally
• identify key elements and functions of File Manager
• manage files through File Manager
• upload and download files through File Manager
• export questions and learning modules
• import content into your course