WebVista 4: Creating Basic Course Web Sites

This 3.5-hour course is for University of Minnesota faculty and course designers who would like to learn about using WebVista for creating course web sites. Participants will learn how to build a basic site containing a syllabus, content pages, links to other web sites, discussion topics, and announcements.

Topics include:

• requesting a WebVista site
• logging into WebVista
• customizing the home page
• uploading a syllabus file
• organizing and uploading content files
• adding links to external content
• adding discussion topics and announcements
• selectively releasing content to students
• working with basic features of the grade book
• making changes to site structure and content pages

Prerequisites

Familiarity with using a web browser.

Platform

This course is taught on both the Macintosh and Windows platforms using a supported web browser to access WebVista 4.

Fees

No fee. Registration required.

Registration in this course is limited to University of Minnesota students, staff, and faculty.