Midlands Technical College Office of Teaching & Learning Enhancement
Logging On to a WebCT Course

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How To Log into a WebCT Course

1. Creating a myWebCT home area
2. Adding your course(s) to that area

NOTE: if you have already created a myWebCT home area for a previous course skip to the "Adding a Course" section.If you have created a myWebCT home area for the tutorial you will need to create a new "home area" for your courses.

Go to: http://ecourses.midlandstech.edu/webct/public/home.pl

Step 1: click the Create myWebCT link.

Step 2: Complete the fields.

Note: you make up the WebCT ID and Password used in this step.Choose something easy for you to remember.Write it down!You will use the ID and password given to you by your instructor in another step.

Step 3: Click the  button.

If the screen below appears,

a: type your new WebCT ID into the User Name field

b: type your newly created password into the Password field

c: click the Log in button

You will now be taken to your myWebCT home area. It will have your name at the top... like this example:

Now that you have created your myWebCT home area, you are ready to add your course(s).
 

Adding a Course to your myWebCT home area

Step 1: Click the  button.

Step 2: Select Term from the pop-up menu and click the "Update" button.

Step 3: Find your course on the list 

Step 4: Click on the  sign just to the right of the course OR the yellow pencil  to add it.

Step 5: IF no yellow pencil,  you must enter the User Name and Password given to you by your instructor and click the "CONTINUE" button.

IMPORTANT NOTE: Many instructors set-up their course to allow you to register without having to use another username and password. If this is the case, there will be a "REGISTER" button  OR Yellow PENCILavailable on this screen. All you need to do is click this button to add the course to your MyWebCT home area.

NOTE: If there is no "REGISTER" button or 'yellow pencil' available, and you do not have a User Name and Password for this course, you must contact the course instructor and request the information before you can add this course to your MyWebCT home area.
 

Step 7:Remember to use the user ID and password you chose when you created your myWebCT home area for future access
 

SUMMARY
To enroll into a WebCT course in six quick steps:

1. Go to http://ecourses.midlandstech.edu/webct/public/home.pl and click the Create your MyWebCT link
2. Create your own WebCT ID and Password
3. Click the "Add Course" link
4. Click the down arrow for 'term'
5. Click the UPDATE button
6. Locate the course and click either the "PLUS" sign  or 'YELLOW PENCIL' next to it
7. Enter the instructor-provided UserName and Password ONLY NEEDED IF there is no yellow pencil

DAILY
To access your course(s) on a daily basis, do this:

1. Go to http://ecourses.midlandstech.edu/webct/public/home.pl and click the "Log in to myWebCT" link
2. Enter the WebCT ID and Password that you made up when you created your myWebCT, and click the "Log in" button.
3. Your myWebCT appears, with your courses listed.  Click your course name to access that course.