1. Distance Learning Using WebCT Bill Moss College of Engineering and Science Clemson University bmoss@clemson.edu http://www.math.clemson.edu/~bmoss June 2, 1999

2. What is a Course Management System? History Mergers and acquisitions Publisher partnerships Online degree programs Online course services

3. What are the Top Products? WebCT: http://www.webct.com Blackboard CourseInfo: http://product.blackboard.net/courseinfo Feature comparisons: –http://www.ctt.bc.ca/landonline –http://www.syllabus.com/sep98_magfea2.html

4. Implementation Local server and management Remote server providers Campus bandwidth issues

5. Course Design Issues Pedagogy Ownership of materials Design services, local and remote Faculty development and support Teaching load

6. WebCT at Clemson http://www.ces.clemson.edu/webct Training link: sign up Clemson WebCT Courses link –Main: Calculus Concepts login using key icon –Mathematical Sciences: MTHSC 434 (Moss) login using username=guest password=434moss

7. WebCT Authoring Upload web pages created off-line, make available with the link tool or the path tool. Fill in textboxes, browse to choose icons and images. Upload database files for batch entry of quiz questions or calendar entries. Edit web pages with Netscape Composer.

8. WebCT Communication Tools Bulletin board –public and workgroup forums Private mail Calendar Chat and whiteboard Student presentations –individual and workgroup Viewing of grades

9. WebCT Assessment Tools Quizzes –5 question types –4 automatically graded Self-test Anonymous surveys Page tracking

10. WebCT Content Tools Table of Contents (Path) Glossary Index Search CD-ROM

11. References WebCT homepage http://www.webct.com: list of institutions using WebCT, create your own course, try a course. WebCT at the University of Georgia: http://webct.uga.edu, create your own accounts in courses with the key icon.