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How to use the Student Presentations Tool
About the Student Presentation Tool
Student Presentations enables students to prepare an online presentation
in the form of web pages. Presentation areas can be
assigned to groups or individuals.
To access the student presentation area,
- Select the Presentations icon
on your unit's WebCT homepage.
The Presentations
icon may look like:
The Student Presentations area displays a list of groups in
the unit. By default, groups are named numerically
e.g. Group001. When a group project is released,
the Description becomes
a link to the main project page. To view a group's
project, click on the linked Description.
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Group Members
Groups are created by the unit coordinator who
may randomly select students for each group, ask
students to select fellow classmates for their group
or generate groups with individual students being
the sole group member i.e. a one person presentation.
View Group Details
Your group membership is indicated by an "Edit Files"
link under the Files column. To see the other
members of your group, select the Group name.
Send Mail to Group Members
If the unit coordinator has enabled the WebCT Mail
tool, you will be able to send mail to everyone in
your group.
To mail group members,
- Select the Mail icon
 beside
your group name.
The Mail tool will open in a separate browser window and
you can compose a message to send to your group members.
Group Discussions
If the unit coordinator has chosen for groups to have a private
Discussions topic, your group's topic will be
viewable in the Discussions topic listing. It may
look like:
Your groups topic cannot be viewed by other group's
and you cannot view another group's topic.
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Group Folders and Files
The Student Presentation tool automatically creates space for
group members to organise, upload and release their
project files. To access the group Presentation space,
select the Edit Files link in the Files column.
Organising folders
The Folders and Files area
enables you to create, edit and delete folders
and move, rename, upload and download
files. File options include:
Create File allows you to create a HTML
document within WebCT.
Edit allows you to edit the content of
a HTML document. You need to select the document
you wish to edit
before selecting the Edit option.
Delete allows you to delete files from
your presentation space.
Move allows you to move files between folders
in your presentation space.
Rename allows you to rename selected files.
Zip / Unzip allows you
to zip selected files or unzip a compressed file
e.g. .zip you have created or uploaded. You
also have the option to Zip folders.
Upload allows you to select files from
your computer to upload into your presentation
space.
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It is recommended that folders are created for each group member
to avoid accidentally overwriting each other's files,
as pictured below.
To create a new folder,
- Under Options: Folder, select Create
Folder.
- You will be prompted to enter a Folder name.
- The default folder, listed under Within the folder,
is the group folder i.e. Group01. Select a different
folder if you want to create sub-folders e.g. Group01>Pete>drafts.
The folder will be created and visible under the Folders and
Files listing.
Upload Files
To upload files into your presentation space,
- Under Options: Files, Select Upload.
- Browse to your computer's hard drive
and select the file you wish to upload.
- Select a Destination folder.
Your file will be listed under the destination folder
in your Folders and Files listing.
Releasing your Presentation
When a presentation has been released, it is viewable
by all class members by clicking on the linked Description
in the Presentations listing.
To release your file,
- In a HTML editing program or by using Create
File,
create a Homepage for your project.
- On the Homepage, you can include links to files
within your Folders and Files area, and also to
web pages outside of WebCT.
- In your HTML code, include the <TITLE> HTML tags
with a title description, similar to:
<TITLE> Group 01's Presentation </TITLE>
- Do not forget to include the </TITLE> closing tag.
- Save your Homepage as index.html in the main
group folder i.e. Group01
In the Presentations listing, your group details will have a
linkable description and all class members will be
able to access your presentation.
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Troubleshooting
Filenames
- If you do not name your presentation file index.html,
the file will not be viewable in the Presentations
listing. If you expect to see your presentation,
go to your Folders and Files and check that you
have an index.html file.
- If your index.html file does not have the HTML <TITLE>
tags, the filename will be displayed in the Description
e.g. Group01 > index.html. In your Folders and
Files, select Edit and add
the HTML tags required.
- Recommended: Use lower case filenames with no space. For
example, topic_1.html is acceptable but topic 1.html
is not.
Broken Images and Links
- Ensure that your images and links are in the same folders
as when you created your index.html file.
- File names in WebCT are case sensitive. Check that the images
and links which are broken are spelled correctly.
- Check all links to ensure they are pointing to the correct
folder and file.
- Do not forget to include closing tags where appropriate.
Uploading
- If your uploaded presentation file is not visible in the Presentations
listing, ensure the file is named index.html.
- You will need zipping software to zip files on your computer
and then upload them to WebCT. Once the .zip file
is uploaded, use the Unzip option to extract
your .zip fie.
- Macintosh users can use Stuffit Expander to unzip .zip files.
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