Best Practices

We highly recommend that you migrate your content, post announcements and adjust settings early to reduce the number of calls and emails from students. Our WebCT Support Staff is available to assist you; however, they are very busy supporting students 2 weeks before classes start through the first 3 weeks of the semester.

Online Learning Best Practices

Students are now automatically uploaded into your course upon registration and have access to the course home page. Take this opportunity to provide information that will help them prepare for the course.

• Use the Announcement tool to post a Welcome message on the home page that tells students when you will open the course. (Cuts down on emails to the instructor and to the Help Desk.)
  
  
• Post your syllabus at least 2 weeks before the course starts or list the textbook and ISBN number in your announcement so that students can purchase their textbooks early. Some of your students do not live nearby and need time to have the book mailed to them.
  
  
• Post a link on the Home Page or in your syllabus to the WebCT Student Orientation videos at http://www.yccd.edu/de/students.html
  
  
• Post a link to online library resources, example: http://www.yccd.edu/yuba/library/library.html
  
  

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