FLG 390A, Herbst 2003
Deutsche Literatur von Frauen im 19. und 20. Jahrhundert
Dr. Helga G. Braunbeck / Dr. Birgit Jensen
NC State, ECU, WCU, UNC-Wilmington Videoconferencing

WebCT Diskussionen


Accessing the WebCT Site and Posting Contributions

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).

If you are at NC State, log in with your unity username and password. If you are on another campus, change “NC State University” to “Guest login”. Log in with the WebCT ID and password you have received from Dr. Braunbeck in a separate email.

Click on the link for “FLG 390A-001, 601 Braunbeck Fall 2003”. On the course page, there are three icons on the home page, the hyper-linked syllabus, the discussions and the gradebook.

Click on the icon “Discussions”.

Click on the Discussion Topic to which you want to contribute, e.g. “Monbart-Kessler, “Kameraden” (30. Sept. / 7. Okt.).” 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. There are 14 topics and you are required to make 5 original postings and respond to 5 postings by others. Please check your syllabus for more detail on these. And you’re welcome to post lot more than what is required. Generally you will have 2 weeks after we have discussed the text in class to post, then one more week to respond to a posting. At the end of the semester these time frames shrink, however, so that all is finished by Dec. 6. Late postings are welcome but will not carry credit. Your subject: discuss what intrigued you, what you discovered in the text, what we didn’t explore in enough depth in class, etc.!

From the page of the topic you have chosen, click on “Compose Discussion Message”, which opens up a window for your own posting. In the subject line, type a heading that describes what you will discuss. Then type your message, then click post at bottom left (or preview first, if you like).

Click on “Update listing” (top right) to you see your posting.

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 of the message you are responding to, 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”.

To navigate the site, it is best to use the “breadcrumbs” right underneath “FLG 390A-001, 601 Braunbeck Fall 2003”, rather than the “back” button of your browser window. You can also us the navigation bar on the left for the main items on the site (Course Menu).

Evaluation: each C-level original posting and each C-level response: 1 point (total of 10 points). Both your contribution to our discussion of a literary text (i.e. content, what you say, the point you make) and the level of your German should be “good enough” to get the point. I will let you know if a posting does NOT qualify. Since there are 14 opportunities, you will have another chance to make a posting on another topic, but I recommend starting early since options for that run out at the end of the semester! No credit for late postings (post early, the internet can be down!!!).