| Discussion: | Roundtable |
| Topic: | Web Presentations |
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| Subject: | Posting stuff for students |
| Author: | Craig Russell |
| Date: | Mar 19 2003 |
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colleges, are ideal for posting things. On WebCT you can adjust availabilty on
any item--by date, for instance, or make it available only to certain
students. A caution about posting Powerpoint (or any software-specific
product): the computer from which a student is browsing must have the software
to read your file, unless you're able to embed a "viewer" in your web site.
With Powerpoint (and lots of other current software) you have the option to
"save as html" or to save in pdf format--either of these would be readable by
most computers/browsers [by now, most computers probably have Adobe's Acrobat
Reader installed].
Unfortunately, I know this fact ONLY because I have seen it demonstrated. I use
WebCT for all my courses this year (and used Blackboard last year), but I
haven't had the time to get all the permissions set up. This year, one of my
three preps is for a course I have taught before, and I had to start from
scratch on the other two. Next year I'll have the same problem. If I knew I
were going to teach the same course(s) for two or three or more years, I would
incrementally improve my "WebCT presence."
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