New Jersey Institute of Technology College of Computing Sciences CIS365: File Structures and Management, Spring 2003 Professors Bieber and Egan
A Public Research University

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Getting Started with WebCT

Note: WebCT comes with extensive on-line help, so take advantage of it if you are curious, stuck, or looking for a particular feature!

see: http://webct.njit.edu/stu_faq.htm

Get a WebCT Account

Follow these steps if you do not have a WebCT account from a previous class.

Go to http://webct.njit.edu/ and click on Find out what your WebCT/UCID login is or Find out how to create a WebCT/UCID Login.

Creating a UCID is summarized below but you should follow the links on the WebCT page to ensure you are following the latest procedure.

1. Go to http://newaccount.njit.edu/ and click on the „Create a new account on "UCID/Campus Directory/Mailhost, Highlander AFS, Academic Windows & Tesla" link. 
2. Fill out all of the information on the next screen and click on the "NEXT STEP" button. 
   Note: this information has to be exactly the same as the information in NJIT‚s database.  If it does not match, you will receive an error message.
3. Put a check in the ''Create? Yes" box for each account you would like to create (figure 1) and click the "NEXT STEP" button.  To create a UCID account, select the "Directory and Mailhost" option. 
   Note: if you already have a specific account created, you will see „Exists" in the "Status" column.
4. The next screen requires that you enter and verify the password you would like to use (figure 2). Once you have entered this information click on the "NEXT STEP" button
5. Before the account is created, you must read and agree to abide by NJIT's "Computer Use Policy" (figure 3).  If you agree to the policy, click the "AGREE to abide by this policy" button. 
6. You will be presented with a username, password, and confirmation number (used only as proof that you went through the process). It is important that you write this information down for future reference. 
   NOTE: It takes 24 hours for the account process to be completed and the account to become active.

Accessing WebCT Next Time

Next time you can follow the same process. you can go to the WebCT home page and click on  I am currently taking a credit course or go directly to the logon page 

Reading the Class Discussions

Discussions are listed in the left-hand Menu and on the main page. Once you click on Discussion you are brought to the Discussions page where you will see several Discussions topics listed.  You can read the postings and/or create a new one.  You can see all messages within the topic or just the unread ones.  See comments below for proper etiquette.

More on WebCT Discussions

• Post:  This will post the message as is.  The only checking done is that a subject is required.
• Preview: When you are creating a new message, you'll have the option to look it over before it is posted. This will show you the entire message which is useful if the message is long.  If you desire to make changes then you can click 'edit'.
• You can NOT edit or delete a posted message 
• Attachments: Create a message as usual. Attachments are added as on the pipeline.  You browse to the file to be attached and then click 'Attach File'.  When done with the message click 'Post'.  Note: Please be absolutely sure not to attach anything with a virus...
• Clarity: Always enter a SUBJECT line when creating new messages!
• Civility: Everyone can see these messages - proper language is expected!

Seeing the New Discussion Messages

In the discussion area you can select to view unread messages by clicking on "Show Unread"

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