05 Sep 06 WebCT Updates – March 2006

March 2006

A meeting of WebCT stakeholders was held on March 22. Participants discussed the process for creating courses and student accounts, as well as licensing issues and the need to break the connection between unused courses and their students. A “seat” is defined as one person in one class, and we currently have about 1700 seats occupied. However, Matt Ivaliotes estimates that roughly half of the courses that account for the 1700 seats are not currently being used. Breaking the connection between unused courses and students could free up 800 seats. Both the course materials and the student accounts can be retained for future use without affecting our license. The group encouraged Matt to upgrade to WebCT 6.0. Following the implementation of TrackIt! (see below), course developers will be able to request new courses through the new help desk application.