WebCT news at SFU

The WebCT administrators at Simon Fraser University just added a new proxy tool called “Course Tools”.  Once added to your WebCT course container, you are able to add and remove members (Primary Instructors, Instructors, Designers, Teaching Assistants and Auditors), and be able to modify the start and end date restriction.  To add the “Course Tools”, please do the following :

1. Log in to WebCT
2. Go to the Course and go to the Build tab
3. Within the ‘Home page’, click on the drop-down arrow for ‘Add Content Link’
4. Click on ‘Course Tools’
5. Select ‘Create Course Tools’
6. Enter the tile of ‘Course Tools’ and hit ‘Save’
7. Click on the drop-down arror for ‘Course Tools’ and click ‘Hide Item’.  Currently, the Course Tools only has options for Section Instructors and Designers.  Therefore, it’s best to hide the item from student to eliminate confusion.
8. Go to the Teach tab
9. Go to the ‘Coures Tools’
10. Select ‘Course members’ or ‘Course dates’ option and follow the instructions

This new addition will give faculty and instructors greater control over when students can access the course. Instructors will still be able to add co-instructors, TAs and co-designers and change the start and end date that students can access the course in the Course Request Form, but this is a new chance to modify these restrictions after the course has been created. The default access dates for students will continue to be the first day of the new semester until the first day of the next semester.