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WebCT
Faculty Tip Sheets
Index
Use Index to help students find specific information within the content modules of your course. The index is organized in the same way as a textbook's index - with main entries (and their sub-entries) listed alphabetically. Each entry is followed by a link to the content page on which the index entry is located.
To add the Index tool to your course:
- From the Control Panel, select Add Page or Tool.
- In the Course Content Tools column, click Index. The Add Index screen appears.
- In the Enter a title for this item text box, enter the title as you want it to appear below the icon.
- Under Decide where to show the link to this item, select where you want the link to be displayed.
- Click Add. The Index tool is added to your course.
To add Index entries:
- Do one of the following (depending on your location in the course):
- From the Course Menu, Homepage or Organizer Page, click Index. The Index Entries screen appears. Go to step 2.
- From a content module:
- On the Table of Contents screen, click any page of content. The Content Page Settings screen appears.
- Under Action Menu, click Index. The Index Entries screen appears. Go to step 2.
- Under Options, click Add entry. The Add Index Entry screen appears.
- In the Index Entry text box, enter the keyword for the index entry.
- In the Sub-entry text box, enter a sub-entry, if applicable.
- From the Page drop-down box, select the content page to which the index entry refers.
- Click Add. The Index Entries screen appears with the updated list of index entries .
Note: If you have edited the index from a content module, be sure to update the student view to make the changes available to students. To update the student view, click Control Panel. Click the Update student view button, which is located in the second column. Click Update.
To edit Index entries:
- Do one of the following (depending on your location in the course):
- From the Course Menu, Homepage or Organizer Page, click Index. The Index Entries screen appears. Go to step 2.
- From a content module:
- On the Table of Contents screen, click any page of content. The Content Page Settings screen appears.
- Under Action Menu, click Index. The Index Entries screen appears. Go to step 2.
- From the table, select the entry that you want to edit.
- Under Options, click Edit. The Edit Index Entry screen appears.
- In the Index Entry and Sub-entry text boxes, enter any changes that you want to make.
- From the Page drop-down list, select the page of content to which the index entry refers.
- Click Update. The Index Entries screen appears.
To delete Index entries:
- Do one of the following (depending on your location in the course):
- From the Course Menu, Homepage or Organizer Page, click Index. The Index Entries screen appears. Go to step 2.
- From a content module:
- On the Table of Contents screen, click any page of content. The Content Page Settings screen appears.
- Under Action Menu, click Index. The Index Entries screen appears. Go to step 2.
- From the table, select each entry that you want to delete. To delete all entries, do not select any entries.
- Delete the entries:
- To delete individual entries, click Delete. A warning message appears. Click OK . The Index Entries screen screen refreshes and the entry is deleted.
- To delete all entries, click Delete all. A warning message appears. Click OK. A final warning message appears. Click OK . The Index Entries screen refreshes and all entries are deleted.
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