|
|
Requesting
a Vista site for a class |
|
|
| |
Request
a HuskyCT site: |
| |
Instructors use
PeopleSoft to request HuskyCT sites for classes. See this (webpage)
(pdf) for
directions. |
|
NOTE:
Only the primary instructor for a class - as listed in PeopleSoft
- will be able to request a HuskyCT site for that class |
|
. |
|
To combine
multiple sections of a course: |
| |
Request a HuskyCT
site for each section in PeopleSoft and then email vista@uconn.edu
indicating which sections you want combined. |
| |
|
|
To have
content from a previous course restored in a HuskyCT site:
|
| |
Use this request
form to restore old HuskyCT content into a new HuskyCT site. NOTE:
Be sure to request the new HuskyCT site in PeopleSoft before making
the request to restore. |
| |
|
| |
Roles
in HuskyCT |
| |
|
|
Members in classes
with HuskyCT sections can have one or more of the following roles:
Instructor, Designer, Teaching Assistant, Student, and Auditing student.
|
|
|
|
Instructors who
request HuskyCT class sites via PeopleSoft will be enrolled as both
Instructor and Designer in their HuskyCT sections. |
| |
|
| [Return
to top] |
|
|
| |
Enrolling
students in HuskyCT |
| |
|
|
Registered students
are enrolled in HuskyCT sections automatically and add/drop updates
to a class list are processed automatically as well. In addition,
HuskyCT section Instructors can manually
enroll members in their sections in the following roles: Student,
Auditing student, shared Designer, and Teaching Assistant. The automatic
student enrollment process for registered students will not affect
students added manually by the Instructor. |
|
|
|
Although students
are enrolled at the same time the HuskyCT section is created, they
do not have access to the site until the first day of classes. |
| |
|
|
After the semester
begins, the automatic drop/add process does not delete your students
from your section gradebook. Instead, the process denies dropped students
access to your section website. This status is indicated in the gradebook
by a red dot like this 
to the left of the student's name. Faculty may choose to remove
these students from their gradebook, but if these students have
accumulated grades they may wish to download
that information before deleting the student. |
| |
|
| [Return
to top] |
| |
|
| |
Important
first steps |
| |
|
|
Specific browser
configurations are needed for HuskyCT to function properly. Links
to HuskyCT's built in browser
checker can be found on the HuskyCT My Courses page. |
|
|
|
Most
important settings: |
|
ALL pop-up blockers
must be disabled or set to allow pop-ups on vista.uconn.edu. View
this web page
for detailed instructions on how to disable the most common pop-up
blockers. |
| |
|
| |
ONE recent version
of Java must also be installed and enabled on your computer. See this
web page for more
information. |
| |
|
|
[Return
to top] |
| |
|
| |
My
Courses page |
| |
|
|
The My Courses
page lists the courses in HuskyCT that you have a role in. If you
place your mouse curser over the title of a course in the list, it
will display your role(s). |
|
|
| |
SMALL icons will
appear below the course title when there is new mail, new discussion
posts, new assignments, new announcements, new quizzes or surveys,
or for students, new grades. |
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
 |
New
Announcement |
 |
New
Mail |
 |
New
Discussion Post |
 |
New
Calendar Post |
 |
New
Assessment (Quiz) |
 |
New
Assignment |
|
| |
|
|
For an explanation
of the elements on the My Courses page and how to customize them,
see this (Flash movie).
|
|
|
|
[Return
to top] |
| |
|
| |
UConn
default HuskyCT
template |
| |
|
|
All newly requested
HuskyCT sections will have the default UConn template applied. This
template contains links in the Toolbar to the following tools: Announcements,
Discussion, MyGrades. To remove one of these tools from the Toolbar
or to add others, see the detailed instructions (web
page) (pdf) (Flash
movie). |
|
|
| |
The
footers on the HomePage and the Course Materials page provide links
to UConn's HuskyCT help for both Instructors and Students. |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
The default template
also contains links to "Practice Module" and to the "Library
Resource Tool" on the Course Materials page. To remove either
of these links, see these instructions.
To unhide the link to the Practice Module or to hide the link for
the LRT link, follow these
instructions. |
| |
|
| |
The Plagiarism
Module is a very special addition to the default template. It
was created by Laura Yahn, Instructional Design and Development, in
consultation with the University of Connecticut Committee on Plagiarism
and Janet Jordan, Instructional Resource Center. Video
Design Services, another unit in the Institute for Teaching and Learning,
created the video portion of the module. The module can be made available
to your students by following these directions (web
page) (pdf)
(Flash Movie).
For a preview of the Plagiarism module, please click here.
|
| |
|
| [Return
to top] |
| |
|
| |
LRT
- Library Resource Tool |
| |
|
| |
Faculty used
to working with Electronic Course Reserve (ECR) or library liasons,
will find their access to library materials improved in Vista. Students
can access these materials through the new Library Resource Tool,
built exclusively for UConn. Access to this new tool is available
on the Course Materials page in the default UConn HuskyCT template. |
|
|
|
Instructors wishing
to have materials delivered to their sections via the LRT should access
the library's course
reserve information page or contact their departmental
library liason. |
|
|
|
[Return
to top] |
| |
|
| |
New
in HuskyCT |
| |
|
|
|
The interface
for instructors using HuskyCT includes Build Tabs specific to the
Design role and Teach Tabs specific to the Instructor role. In addition,
there is a Tab for the true Student view. |
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
For a breakdown
of these different tabs and what can be done from each, view this
(webpage)
or (pdf). |
|
|
|
Another new feature
in HuskyCT is the WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) HTML page
creator. This tool is a Java applet that provides a word processing
like environment for creating pages inside of a HuskyCT site. Students,
Instructors and Designers have access to this tool in Mail, Discussion,
the Assignment tool, and the Assessment tool. Designers are also able
to use this tool to create HTML content pages within HuskyCT. This
eliminates the need to convert Word files to HTML outside of HuskyCT
and then upload them. |
|
|
| |
For more detailed
information on how the HTML creator works, view this (Flash
movie). |
| |
|
| [Return
to top] |
| |
|
| |
Handy
Hints |
| |
|
|
To stop the page
with the explanation of the tabs from showing each time you log into
HuskyCT site, check the box at the bottom of that page. |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
[Return
to top] |
| |
|
| |
Navigation
inside HuskyCT |
| |
|
| |
For
best results, use the navigation system built into HuskyCT - not
the back button on your browser. If you seem stuck on a screen,
try clicking on a different Tab, a HomePage icon or link, or a Cancel
button. See examples below. |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
[Return
to top] |
| |
|
