Accessing the WebCT Site: Go to http://webct.ncsu.edu, click in the top left corner (“Click here to log in to WebCT”), (if you’re having trouble with the web site, check if you have a compatible browser; some older versions may not work correctly; to check, click on “Is your browser WebCT-approved” and follow instructions).

Log in with your unity user name and password.

Click on the link for “FLG 201”.

On the course homepage you’ll find a link to the syllabus, to discussions and to the gradebook, which will be established later in the semester. You will also see a link to a page that contains the “Diskussionsthemen”, where you will find descriptions of your tasks and their due dates. You may want to print this page so you have it available at all times.

Posting on the Discussion Board: To make a posting, click on the icon “Discussions”.

Click on the Discussion Topic to which you want to contribute, e.g. “Ich stelle mich vor: Wer ich bin und was ich gern tue (26. August / 7. September)”. The first date is the date by which you need to post your original contribution. The second date is the date by which you need to respond to other postings.

From the page of the topic “Ich stelle mich vor …”, click on “Compose Discussion Message”, which opens up a window for your own posting. In the subject line, for the first task, type “(your name) stellt sich vor” (= ___ introduces him/herself). Type your message for task 1, then click post at bottom left (or preview first, if you like).

Click on “Update listing” (top right) to see your posting. You may need to click on the blue triangle to its left to get a clickable link.

To respond to a posting: click on the posting to open it. Then, in that window click on “reply”. Type your message and click on post. In order to see your response, click on “Update listing”. If you still don’t see your response, click on the little blue triangle to the left of the message to which you responded; it will “expand the thread”, then you can see it.

Reminder: Post your original posting from the topic site. For responses, open the message window, then click on “response” from there. That way everything will be put in its proper place.

On the “topic” site, top right, you have some choices: to either “show all” or only “show unread”; also to show “threaded” (I suggest that, since it shows which responses belong to which postings) or “unthreaded”.