How to use the Student Presentation Tool

WebCT presentation tool icon
The Student Presentation tool enables you to create a web-based presentation and upload it to your WebCT course. Other students within the course, your instructor and you can then see the work that you and/or your group has done. You can also view other groups' presentations.

Creating a Student Presentation
  1. Create your PowerPoint presentation and save the file with the filename as a one word, lowercase file, for example: webpresentation.ppt
     
  2. Close your PowerPoint presentation (once you have saved it)
     
  3. Open Notepad and copy and paste the following information into Notepad:

<a href="webpresentation.ppt">Group 1 Topic</a>

Type in Notepad

  1. Important note: In Notepad, change the words Group 1 Topic to your presentation title. For example, if you have Perfectionism, it should read <a href=”perfectionism.ppt”>Perfectionism Presentation</a> NOTE: between the quotations, type your PowerPoint file's name as you did in step #1. File names are case sensitive and need to match identically. In other words, if your file name is lowercase, then type in lowercase between the quotes.
     
  2. In Notepad, click on File and select Save As and save your file as index.html. Close Notepad.

Notepad - Save As

  1. Open WebCT and click on Student Presentations (it may be named something else) on your course homepage.

    Student Presentations icon on the homepage
     
  2. A list of "groups" should appear. Groups may consist of a single individual or any number of students. Locate your Group name and click on Edit Files.

Edit Files - upload the project

  1. When you click on Edit Files, you will come to your Manage Files area. The Manage Files screen looks like that below: On the right hand side under Options: Files, Click on Upload.

Manage Files screen

  1. Click on the Browse button and locate your PowerPoint file first. Note you will repeat this step to upload your Notepad file (index.html) as well. Locate the file you want to upload, select it by clicking on it, and then click Open. Your file name should appear in the box next to Browse. Click on Upload to finish.

 PowerPoint Upload

image of student presentation tool

Note: If you have graphics or images on your webpage, don't forget to upload these files as well!

  1. Repeat step 9 to upload the Notepad file (index.html) as well.
     

  2. Your WebCT files should look something like the box below:

File Manager after uploading the files

  1. Click on Student Presentations and locate your Group name and click on the link (title of your project) under the Description box.

Link under the description box

  1. Click on the link (project title of your group) on the webpage that pops up to open your PowerPoint presentation.

index.html page dispalying the link to the PowerPoint

  1. You should now be able to go through your PowerPoint Presentation by using either the mouse or the keyboard

Group PowerPoint Presentation

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