How To Use The WebCT Online System

How to Use The WebCT Online System

What You Need To Do In Order To Use The WebCT Online System:

The WebCT system requires that you have electronic ID (eID)
(a Holly or Lamar ACNS account/login).

If you do not have such an account, click on the following link:

Your Holly (/Lamar) account/login is also where people at the university will send you email (including some CS Instructors).

You should examine your email regularly or have it automatically forwarded to the email box/address you prefer to use.

Click on the following for instructions on how to forward your Holly (/Lamar) email:

Logging Into The WebCT Online System:

Go to CSU Main WebCT page.
Click on the box labelled Log Onto myWebCT.
This brings up a page for your WebCT loginname (eID or eName)) and password (ePassword).
Enter your eID and password and click on Log in.
(These entries are always case-sensitive.)
This brings up your myWebCT page
which lists all your current WebCT courses.
Click on the course where you want to work.

Logging Out Of The WebCT Online System:

The WebCT system may be used through any web browser (e.g. InternetExplorer, Netscape, etc.)

Before going into how to use the system, it is important to know first how to exit the system,

so as to avoid security breaches

and to preserve your grades.

To "log out of" or exit WebCT, you must

click on
LOGOUT
in the top frame of the WebCT page
OR

fully close the web browser!
(That is, you must close the window the browser is running in.)

Using Your WebCT Course:

The following explains how to login to and use the WebCT online system:

Click on the "CourseNumber" link for the CS course in your myWebCT page.
You may now:
- Click on the "Discussion Board" icon to post or respond to messages on the class discussion bulletin board.
- Click on the "Grades" icon to check your grades.
- Click on the "Online Drills" icon to take or retake online quizzes.
When you are done with WebCT, be sure to to fully exit the WebCT system
(thus preserving the security of your quizzes and quiz scores).