Faculty Resource Center
The Faculty Resource Center has been developed to provide a range of resources and materials to DSU Faculty who are either interested in or are currently employing web-based teaching tools and pedagogy in their instructional curriculums.
** The Faculty Resource Center contains many links to different websites and learning instruments. The information provided on these pages is the resposibility of its authors and in no way reflects the ideas, beliefs, or opinions of Delta State University. For issues or concerns with any particular website, contact the webmaster of the site in question.
Online Teaching Resources
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Checking Your Technical Skills
Complete this survey to find out whether you have the basic technical skills needed to teach online. To rate your own skills and recieve a result page that will display suggested links for you to improve certain skills based on your rating. The rating score of this checklist is for your own purpose. It is not sent or stored in a database.
Take the Survey!
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Best Practices for Teaching Online
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Instructional Strategies & Issues for Online Instructors
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Technology to Enhance Online Materials
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Resources for Distance Education
Glossaries, guides, and other sources to help you with your distance education programs.
Get Distance Education Resources!
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Supporting Students
Tools and articles to help you support your students in their distance education expericence.
Get Support for Students!
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WebCT Tipsheets and Tutorials
A collection of WebCT tipsheets and tutorials, available in the following formats:
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 Tipsheet in Web page (HTML) format
 Tipsheet in printable (PDF) format
 Tutorial in video (Flash) format
To view the PDF version of each tipsheet, you will need Adobe Acrobat Reader, a free download. To view the video tutorials, you will need Macromedia Flash Player, a free download. |
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| Check Browser Tool |
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| WebCT Version Changes |
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| WebCT Interface Design |
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| Using "Manage Files" |
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Creating Content |
| Managing the Calendar |
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| Creating "Content Modules" |
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| Introduction to the Discussions Tool |
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| Creating and Editing Discussion Teams |
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| Using the Mail Tool |
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Assessment and Assignment Tools |
| New Features in Assessment |
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| Creating a Quiz or Survey |
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| Deleting a Quiz or Survey |
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| Adding Individual Questions to a Quiz or Survey |
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| Adding Question Sets to a Quiz or Survey |
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| Adding Alternate Questions to a Quiz or Survey |
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| Configuring Settings for a Quiz |
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| Using the Assignments Tool |
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| Using the HTML Editor and Spellcheck |
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| Using Wizards |
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| Using WebDAV |
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