Technical Skills Inventory

Circle the items you are confident you will be able to do within your specific course delivery environment. Cross out the skills that are not applicable to your environment and/or to your instructional goals. See what skills you should think about learning before you begin teaching online. Now consult with your mentor or a staff member from the Faculty Resource Center to find out what kinds of training would be appropriate for you.

1. Use the Bulletin Board

• Create Topic Areas
• Make Topic Areas Private and Add Members
• Lock Topics
• Post Messages
• Post Messages with Attachments
• Read Messages
• Mark Messages Read or Unread
• Update Listing
• Show All/Show Unread Messages
• Open and Close Threads
• Reply to Messages
• Search for Messages
• Download Attachments
• Rename Attachments while/after Downloading
• Move Messages
• Delete Messages

2. Use Mail

• Send Mail
• Read Mail
• Search Mail
• Send Attachments
• Download Attachments
• Create Folders
• Move Mail
• Update Listing
• Show All/Show Unread Messages

3. Manage Students

• Import students from the Global Database
• Change Students’ Passwords
• Log into your site using a Student’s Username ( WebCT ID) and Password
• Modify Grade Columns
• Add Columns
• Hide Columns
• Release Columns
• Delete Columns
• Edit Columns to enter grades

4. Update Course Content

You need to be able to perform the following tasks OR you need to be able to be organized or adaptable enough so that you can wait up to a full week for the Faculty Resource Center to make changes for you.

• Create and/or Edit HTML files
• Upload and Download documents
• Create links to appropriate uploaded content so that students can access that content.
• Articulate the importance of maintaining a clean directory
• Create and Edit Content/Learning Modules
• Add Organizer Pages

5. Calendar

• Create an HTML Calendar or use the WebCT Calendar Tool
• Create and Delete Calendar Entries

6. Quizzes

IF the course you are going to teach uses the Quiz or Assessment Tool you are responsible for knowing:

• How to manage selective release
• How to set quiz points
• How to edit questions
• How to adjust scores and force grading
• How to create quizzes from scratch and add questions
• How to create quizzes using an existing quiz as a template

7. Assignment Tool

IF the course you are going to teach uses the Assignment Tool you are responsible for knowing:

• How to reconstruct the assignment in the Bulletin Board and provide students with adequate instructions for submitting assignments.
  OR
• Where the instructions to students for using the assignment tool are located within your course site.
• How to manage selective release for the assignment tool
• How to set release dates for the assignment tool
• How to retrieve student assignments from the assignment tool
• How to provide grades and feedback using the assignment tool