• upload a presentation
• download files
• edit files
• copy files
• move files
• rename a file

• delete a file
• zip files
• unzip files
• change file names to uppercase or lowercase
• send Mail
• have group Discussions

Student Presentations enables you, or a group of students, to create a presentation and upload it to your WebCT course. You and your group members, and the instructor, can then see the work you have done.

Note:

• Depending on designer settings, students in the course who are not members of your group may be able to see your presentation. You may also be able to view other groups' presentations.
• Depending on administrator settings, you may be able to view members of all presentation groups, only the members of your own presentation group, or no group members at all.

A student presentation is prepared in two steps: first, you create the presentation as a set of linked HTML files; and then you upload it to Manage Files.

Notes:

• Name the homepage for your presentation index.html. This page contains the links to the other group documents. These documents should be linked back to the index.html file.
• Filenames can contain any of the following: a–z, A–Z, 0–9, comma, space, _, &, ( ), –, ., and ~
  Note: The following cannot be used as the first character in the filename: dash (-), tilde (~), and space. The following cannot be used as the last character in the filename: period (.) and space.
• You can make changes to your presentation after you have uploaded it, but be aware that each member of your group can edit your presentation pages. Your group should establish a protocol for making changes to your presentation, so that you don't overwrite changes that someone else has made.
• Save all files with an .html extension

Uploading a Student Presentation | Top

Note: You will have to upload your presentation one file at a time. If you want to upload multiple files at once, zip them first using WinZip (PC), ZipIt (Mac), or another file compression application and then upload the .zip file.

1. To upload a presentation, click Presentations. The Student Presentations screen appears, with a list of all the groups in the class. An Edit Files link appears beside the name of your group.
2. Click Edit Files. The File Options screen appears.
3. Under File Options, select Upload a file and click Go. The Upload File screen appears.
4. To locate your presentation files, click Browse. Your computer's file manager appears.
5. Locate and select a file. The file name is entered in the File name text box.
6. Click Open. The Upload File screen appears, with the name of your file in the Filename text box.
7. From the Destination folder drop-down list, select a folder in which to save your file.
8. Click Upload. The File Options screen appears, and the uploaded file shows as a link under the folder you selected. To view the contents of a folder, click the folder name. To view the file, click the file name.
9. For each presentation file that needs to be uploaded, repeat steps 3 to 8.

You can download a file from the server hosting your WebCT course to your personal computer. Note: If you want to download multiple files at once, zip them first and then download the Zip file.

1. From the Student Presentations screen, click Edit Files. The File Options screen appears.
2. Under Folders and Files, select the file that you want to download.
3. From the File Options drop-down list, select Download and click Go. The Download File screen appears.
4. Click Download. A dialog box appears.
5. Follow the instructions in the dialog box to save the file to your computer.

You can edit .txt and .html files in Manage Files.

1. From the Student Presentations screen, click Edit Files. The File Options screen appears.
2. Under Folders and Files, select the file that you want to edit.
3. From the File Options drop-down list, select Edit and click Go. The Edit File screen appears.
4. In the File Content text box, edit the content of the file. For easier viewing, you can resize this text box by adjusting the Width and Height controls and then clicking Resize. Note: Adjusting the size of the text box has no effect on the file's content.
5. Click Save. The File Options screen appears.

You can copy one or more files from the current folder to another folder. Copies of the file will then exist in two folders.

1. From the Student Presentations screen, click Edit Files. The File Options screen appears.
2. Under Folders and Files, select the file(s) that you want to copy.
3. From the File Options drop-down list, select Copy and click Go. The Copy Files screen appears, displaying a list of file(s) that will be copied.
4. From the Copy the selected files to drop-down list, select a destination folder and click Copy. The File Options screen appears.

You can move one or more files from the current folder to another folder. If you want to leave a copy of the file in its original folder, use the Copy feature.

1. From the Student Presentations screen, click Edit Files. The File Options screen appears.
2. Under Folders and Files, select the file(s) that you want to move.
3. From the File Options drop-down list, select Move and click Go. The Move Files screen appears, displaying a list of file(s) that will be moved.
4. From the Move the selected files to drop-down list, select a destination folder.
5. Click Move. The File Options screen appears.

Renaming a File | Top

You can rename folders in Manage Files. Note: You cannot rename folders in the WebCT-Files folder.

1. From the Student Presentations screen, click Edit Files. The File Options screen appears.
2. Under Folders and Files, select the file that you want to rename.
3. From the File Options drop-down list, select Rename and click Go. The Rename file screen appears.
4. In the New name text box, enter a new name for the file.
   Filenames can contain any of the following: a–z, A–Z, 0–9, comma, space, _, &, ( ), –, ., and ~
   Note: The following cannot be used as the first character in the filename: dash (-), tilde (~), and space. The following cannot be used as the last character in the filename: period (.) and space.
5. Click Rename. The File Options screen appears, displaying the renamed file.

You can delete one or more files from Manage Files. Warning: Deleted files cannot be retrieved.

1. From the Student Presentations screen, click Edit Files. The File Options screen appears.
2. Under Folders and Files, select the file(s) that you want to delete.
3. From the File Options drop-down list, select Delete and click Go. The Delete Files screen appears, displaying a list of file(s) that will be deleted.
4. Verify the files that will be deleted. Warning: Deleted files cannot be retrieved.
5. Click Delete. The File Options screen appears.

You can zip (compress) several files into one file. Use this feature if you want to download more than one file at a time.

1. From the Student Presentations screen, click Edit Files. The File Options screen appears.
2. Under Folders and Files, select the the file(s) that you want to zip.
3. From the File Options drop-down list, select Zip and click Go. The Zip Files screen appears, displaying a list of file(s) that will be zipped.
4. From the Zip the selected files to drop-down list, select a destination folder.
5. In the Filename text box, enter a name for the zip file.
   Filenames can contain any of the following: a–z, A–Z, 0–9, comma, space, _, &, ( ), –, ., and ~
   Note: The following cannot be used as the first character in the filename: dash (-), tilde (~), and space. The following cannot be used as the last character in the filename: period (.) and space.
6. Click Zip. The Manage Files screen appears. The files are zipped.

After you download the zip file to your computer, you can unzip the file with WinZip (PC), ZipIt (Mac), or another file compression application.

You can unzip the contents of a zipped (compressed) file. A zipped file can be identified by the Zip extension.

1. From the Student Presentations screen, click Edit Files. The File Options screen appears.
2. Under Folders and Files, select the the file that you want to unzip.
   
3. From the File Options drop-down list, select Unzip and click Go. The Unzip File screen appears.
4. From the drop-down list, select a destination folder.
5. Click Unzip. The File Options screen appears. The files are unzipped.

You can change the case of a file name to all uppercase or lowercase characters.

1. From the Student Presentations screen, click Edit Files. The File Options screen appears.
2. Under Folders and Files, select the file(s) that you want to change.
   
   • To change the file name to uppercase characters, from the File Options drop-down list, select Upper Case.
   • To change the file name to lowercase characters, from the File Options drop-down list, select Lower Case.
3. Click Go. The Upper/Lower Case screen appears, displaying the list of file names that will be changed.
4. Click Convert. The File Options screen appears.

Sending Mail | Top

You can send mail to your group and to other groups. Every member in the group receives your mail.

Note: Depending on administrator settings, the mail icon for presentation groups may not be available.

1. From the Student Presentations screen, click the Mail icon next to the group name. The Compose Mail Message screen appears in a new browser window.
2. Compose your message and click Send.

For more information, see Mail.

Having Group Discussions | Top

If your instructor has created a discussion area for your group, you can use Discussions to communicate with your group.

1. To gain access to the discussion area, click Discussions where it appears in your course. The Discussions screen appears.
2. In the Topic column, click your group name. The Discussions messages screen appears.
3. Click Compose Discussions Message. The Compose Discussions Message screen appears in a new browser window.
4. Compose your topic and click Post.

For more information, see Discussions.

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