WebCT at UNT is the web based course delivery system of UNT. Many UNT instructors have been using it to either provide a class online or assist teaching a class. The benefits of using WebCT at UNT for your study are many, including the availability of course materials online, flexibility of setting your time and place for study, and provision of a suite of tools for communicating with your instructor and classmates, tracking your academic progress, and scheduling your activities.

There are some basic requirements for using WebCT at UNT. First, you need to be a student registered in the course for which WebCT services are offered, such as GEOG 1170. Second, you need to have a computer with the Internet access anywhere in the world and an adequate Internet browser (such as Netscape 4.05 or up and Internet Explorer 5.x or up). Most home computers nowadays are equipped with these components. The computers in any General Access Lab on campus may access WebCT at UNT as well. Some of these computer labs are open 24 hours a day and 7 days a week. Third, you need to have a WebCT ID and password to login to your WebCT account for the specific course you are enrolled in. Normally your WebCT ID is your EUID, and your password is your student ID without dashes.

How to login to the WebCT site of GEOG 1170 Culture, Environment, and Society

1. Launch an Internet browser, and type the following Universal Resource Locator (URL) address into the Address slot: http://webct.courses.unt.edu/
2. You are now on the WebCT at UNT page. Click on Arts and Sciences. This will lead you to a list of WebCT-based courses in College of Arts and Sciences. You should see GEOG 1170: Culture, Environment, and Society also listed there.
3. Move your mouse cursor to the text of GEOG 1170 and issue a single click on the left-hand mouse button. This will pop up a dialog window to ask you for the user name and password. Enter your WebCT ID into the user name slot and password to the password slot and then click on the OK button in the window. Make sure the user name you have entered is in lowercase. This should bring you into the front page of GEOG 1170 WebCT site.
4. There are a number of icons on the front page. A click on any icon will bring you to another page with more or detailed information. Course Syllabus contains a copy of the syllabus for GEOG 1170 almost identical to the hardcopy handout. All lecture notes will be listed under Course Content for students to preview and review. Exam reviews and important changes of class events will also be announced in Course Content. Course Calendar is for individual students to schedule their course activities. It is a useful tool to manage your time in this course. Online Quizzes offer all the required quizzes for this course. There is a Tutorial Quiz under this icon, and students should get familiarized with the quiz system by practicing with the Tutorial Quiz. In More Tools, you make check your grades (clicking My Records), construct your homepage, compile course materials, and do many sorts of things. Intraclass communication can be made within Cross Talk, which hosts four chat rooms, a web conference room, and an internal email system. I encourage you to use the system to email me one message in the beginning of the semester and let me know you have actually logged into the WebCT site. I also encourage you to try out the other communication tools there.
5. To logout your WebCT account, simply kill the browser session by clicking on the 'x' symbol at the upper right corner of the browser.

Hope you enjoy using the WebCT at UNT for GEOG 1170: Culture, Environment, and Society.