WebCT Vista retired and off-line as of June 30, 2008 Instructors: Get your teaching materials from WebCT before its gone for good! See the WebCT Retirement FAQ for more information! As of Summer 2008, all courses at Brandeis will use LATTE, Brandeis University's new online learning environment.  Instructors have the opportunity to retrieve their past course content from WebCT before the system goes off-line. For instructions on how to retrieve and save your materials from WebCT, use these transition guides.

Student Resources

For assistance with WebCT, you can contact the WebCT Support Desk at x6-4739 or latte@brandeis.edu.

If you are experiencing a specific problem, please see the WebCT Troubleshooting section.

WebCT Downloads

Applications commonly used in WebCT should be up-to-date to ensure that you can view items posting in your courses. Check here for the latest versions of free software such as Adobe Acrobat Reader, QuickTime, etc.

What version of WebCT am I using?

Some of the documentation below varies depending on what version of WebCT your class uses (WebCT CE, the older of the two, or WebCT Vista, which is currently being phased in). If you are not sure, take a look at the screenshots here to identify which version you are using.

Common WebCT tasks

• Downloading and printing Microsoft PowerPoint (PPT) files from WebCT
• Downloading Portable Document Format (PDF) files from WebCT
• Listening to Foreign Language Audio Files Inside WebCT
• Accessing Electronic Course Packets that a Require Access Code (Saved as a PDF)

Submitting Assignments Using the Assignment Dropbox

• Assignments in WebCT CE (Saved as a PDF)
• Assignments in WebCT Vista

Discussion Boards in WebCT

• Using the WebCT CE Bulletin Board (Saved as a PDF)
• Using WebCT Vista's Discussions Tool

Documentation Specific to WebCT Vista

• Using WebCT Vista Overview for Students
• Using WebCT Vista's Mail Tool to Communicate with your Professor
• Using WebCT Vista's HTML Creator

This page was last modified on: May 29, 2007