Technical Skills that are important for WebCT Courses

• Using e-mail, including:
  • Sending and receiving messages to individuals or lists
  • Creating or opening attachments to e-mail
  • Printing, saving, and deleting e-mail messages
• Using word processing software including:
  • Creating and editing documents
  • Saving, deleting, moving, renaming, and printing document files
  • Creating and managing document folders
• Using the internet including:
  • Searching the web for information
  • Downloading and printing information from websites
  • Downloading, viewing, and/or printing PDF files (Free Downloads are available)

These basic requirements are necessary for you to be successful in an online class.

The requirements, software, and skills listed above are meant to be baseline criteria, and in no way supersede any criteria set forth by any Instructor and/or degree plan. Students should be aware that further requirements (such as prerequisites, class standing, etc.), software, and skills may be required and should prepare themselves as such. The best way for a student to do this is to consult an academic advisor and to sign into online classes as early as possible to learn of any special requirements.

If you need to improve some of these skills, go to the links below to improve your technology skills:

o       Having technical problems with your online course? If yes, click this link!

o       Student Success Guide Tech Center

o       http://www.fgcu.edu/support/techskills.html