The WebCT Learning Management System is an integrated set of web course tools that can be used to supplement a class taught mostly face-to-face or can be used to teach a course entirely at a distance (where students mostly "go to class" online using the Web with few if any visits to campus). WebCT incorporates many optional tools which facilitate learning and communication, including discussion boards, online grade posting, online quizzes, audio and video clip integration, and live chat, as well as providing a space to post a syllabus, course announcements, and assignments.

View a short video overview of WebCT.

Yes. Without a supported browser, some functions of WebCT may not work. However, WebCT supports all popular browsers.

For information about supported browsers, please see the Browser Information page.

Fill out this form to contact the WebCT administrators.

Your WebCT password is the same as your normal CruzMail password. If you need to change your password, go here.

Fill out the online request form.

Student enrollment uploads are done as manual batch processes, and occur several times a week during the first week of classes, and then with decreasing frequency until the 5th week of classes. There is always a lag between the time the course is first created and the time student records are uploaded. Please check again in a day or two and if there are still no students, please let us know.

Students who add your course between batch uploads may create their WebCT course account and add your course online themselves by filling out this online form.

TAs can view and grade online quizzes and assignments, and they can enter and modify grades in the "Manage Students" WebCT gradebook. They cannot upload files to WebCT or modify WebCT pages.

Send an email to help@ucsc.edu stating the course name, the first and last names of the TAs, and their CruzMail addresses. If you cannot include all this information there may be a delay processing your request.

Send an email to help@ucsc.edu stating the course name, the first and last name of the designer, and his or her CruzMail address. If you cannot include all this information there may be a delay processing your request.

Our student web developers can scan materials, digitize audio or video, post materials to your course web site, or help you with your course materials or site in other ways. The first four hours of work each quarter is free. Please call (831) 459-5506 to set up an appointment so we can start putting them to work for you as soon as possible.

Our staff is available to help you with one-on-one consultation, phone and email support, and workshops to help you integrate technology into your teaching. There is no limit to this consultative and training service, so please contact us at your convenience.

In order to provide web hosting, scanning, or multimedia services we need to have your signature on a Copyright Release Form. Please print, sign, and mail this form by campus mail to:

FITC c/o
UCSC - ITS
1156 High Street
Santa Cruz, CA 95064-1077

You may also hand deliver the form to the FITC at Crown Library room 202.

See ic.ucsc.edu/tutorials/smartquotes.php.

We don't know. But we DO know that you can self-enroll with the form at this location.

See this entry on the ITS Help Desk site.

See this entry on the ITS Help Desk site.

You may not have an active WebCT account that is enrolled in WebCT Courses for this quarter. Try adding yourself to the course using the self-enroll form

If you accidentally clicked on Remove course in MyWebCT, then the WebCT System Administrator must add you back in; you cannot do it yourself using the self-enroll form. Submit a trouble report for prompt service.

See this tutorial.

Please send email to onlinecoursehelp@ucsc-extension.edu for help with WebCT questions.

If you're enrolled in a regularly-scheduled UCSC course, this is the appropriate place to get help. If you can't find your answer on this web site, submit a trouble report.