Student Tips


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About Student Tips

Student Tips allows you to write tips for students on topics such as using WebCT. These tips display randomly each time a student logs onto your course. Students can control whether or not they see the Student Tip of the Day by enabling/disabling Student Tips. Students can use Student Tips only if you have added it to your course. For instructions on adding Student Tips, see Add Page or Tool.

The Student Tips screen displays a Tips List table, containing two columns:

  • The Title column contains the title of the tip, plus a link to preview the tip as it will appear to students.
  • The Text column contains the text of the tip. Note: If your tip is more than 39 characters and contains HTML, the Text column will display the HTML tags. The tags are not displayed in student view.

Adding one tip at a time | Top

  1. From the Course Menu, click Student Tips. The Student Tips screen appears.
  2. Under Options, click Add a new tip. The Student Tip Addition screen appears.
  3. In the Tip title text box, enter a title for the tip.
  4. In the Tip text text box, enter the tip.
  5. Click Add. The Student Tips screen reappears and the Tips List is updated.

Creating a student tips file | Top

You can create a text or HTML Student Tips file, upload it to your My-Files folder using Manage Files, and then import it into Student Tips. There is no limit to the number of tips you can add. Note: Save all text files with a .txt extension.

Here's an example of text for two student tips:

:TITLE:Mail and Bulletin Board Icons
Mail and Bulletin Board Icons look different for a number of reasons that I won't explain here. Just be aware.
:TITLE:Password
You should change your password regularly to protect your information.

The text immediately after :TITLE: is the title of the tip. The lines after :TITLE: are the body of the tip, which continue until the next tip:TITLE:.

Importing a student tips file | Top

  1. From the Course Menu, click Student Tips. The Student Tips screen appears.
  2. Under Options, click Import tips from file. The Import From File screen appears.
  3. In the Filename text box, enter the filename, or to search for the file, click Browse. The WebCT Browser appears.
  4. Click Add. The Student Tips screen appears and the student tips are added to the Tips List.

Editing student tips | Top

  1. From the Course Menu, click Student Tips. The Student Tips screen appears.
  2. From the Tips List, select the tip you want to edit.
  3. Under Options, click Edit. The Student Tip Editor screen appears.
  4. In the Tip Title or Tip Text text boxes, edit the text.
  5. Click Update. The Student Tips screen appears and the Tips List is updated.

Deleting selected student tips | Top

  1. From the Course Menu, click Student Tips. The Student Tips screen appears.
  2. From the Tips List, select each tip that you want to delete.
  3. Under Options, click Delete. A warning message appears.
  4. Click OK. The Student Tips screen refreshes and the Tips List is updated.

Deleting all student tips | Top

  1. From the Course Menu, click Student Tips. The Student Tips screen appears.
  2. Under Options, click Delete all. A warning message appears.
  3. Click OK. A final warning message appears.
  4. Click OK. The Student Tips screen refreshes and the Tips List is updated.

Downloading student tips | Top

  1. From the Course Menu, click Student Tips. The Student Tips screen appears.
  2. Under Options, click Download. Your computer's file download screen appears.
  3. To save the file on your computer, follow the browser instructions.
  4. To edit and then upload the student tips file:
    1. Use any text editor to edit and format the file.
    2. Save the file with a .txt extension.
    3. Upload the file to your My-Files folder using Manage Files. You can then import it back into Student Tips. For more information on importing files, see Importing tips from a file.


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