WTClass Faculty Help

Community Building

Announcements

Announcements

Announcements are used to communicate quick information to students.

• How to create, edit, and delete announcements

Email

Email

Use Email to send an email from WTClass to one or more students Buff email account.

• Sending Email from WTClass
• Sorting Emails Sent from WTClass (Blackboard)
• Video: Sorting Emails from WTClass (Blackboard) in Outlook
• Video: Sorting Emails from WTClass (Blackboard in Webmail
• Video: Using Send Email within a Course (Turning Off Course Messages within a Course)

See also: Differences between Email and Messages.

Messages

Messages

Use messages to contact your students inside of WTClass.

• Sending Course Messages in WTClass
• Video: Using Course Messages within a Course (Turning Off Send Email within a Course)

See also: Differences between Email and Messages.

Blogs

Blogs

Use Blogs, Wikis, and/or Journals for student collaboration, personal reflection, and presentation methods.

• About Blogs
• Creating a Blog
• Editing and Managing Blogs
• Grading Blogs
• See All Blog Topics

Journals

Journals

Use Blogs, Wikis, and/or Journals for student collaboration, personal reflection, and presentation methods.

• About Journals and Best Practices
• Creating a Journal
• Editing and Managing Journals
• Grading Journals
• See All Journal Topics

Wikis

Wikis

Use Blogs, Wikis, and/or Journals for student collaboration, personal reflection, and presentation methods.

• About Wikis
• Creating Wiki Topics and Pages
• Editing and Managing Wikis
• Grading Wikis
• See All Wiki Topics

Discussion Boards

Discussion Boards

Use Discussion Boards as an asynchronous threaded conversation.

• About Forums and Thread
• Set Up Discussions
• Create Forums and Threads
• Reply to Discussion Posts
• Manage Discussions
• Search and Collect Discussions
• Grade Discussions
• Moderate Discussions
• Create Group Discussions
• See All Discussion Board Topics

Groups

Groups

Groups replace Teams in the new WTClass. Use Groups to create groups of students in a class for easier management, or group projects.

• Creating Groups
• Creating and Grading Group Assignments
• See All Group Topics

Web Conferencing (Zoom)

Web Conferencing (Zoom)

Use Zoom to create a synchronized web conferences to connect with anyone, anywhere, in real time. Zoom have desktop sharing capabilities along with voice, video, and chat capabilities.

• Visit the Zoom page to view handouts and information