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Adding Students to WebCT Courses

One of the most important steps in developing courses on WebCT is getting students added to these courses. This page describes how UCSF WebCT course designers can get UCSF students (or faculty or staff) added to their courses. [ Access for Non-UCSF Individuals ]

There are essentially four methods for students to be added to WebCT courses at UCSF. Which method, or methods, are best suited to your course depends on a few factors. The four methods are:
  • Course Designer Adds Students Individually
    At UCSF, course designers (including shared designers and TA's) can add students to courses one at a time. And to do this, a designer must know the student's GALEN account login name. While adding students one at a time for an entire large class is not very feasible, this is an excellent method for adding just a few students into a class; e.g., adding the few students who enroll in your course after the first week. The steps for adding students individually follows. Note: The CIT is currently developing methods for designers to add groups of students at once.

    1. Select "Manage Course" from the Control Panel.
    2. Select "Add Students" (under the "Manage Students" tab)
    3. Under "Import from Global Database: To add one student at a time to your course," enter the student's GALEN account login name where it asks for the student's WebCT ID. Click on Add.
    View detailed instructions with screenshots

  • Self-Registration
    Course designers can turn on the self-registration option in their courses. They then tell their students to find the course in the List of All Courses and follow the instructions to add themselves. Once all the students are enrolled, the designer can turn off self-registration. This is a very simple way to get all of your students added to your courses. Here are the steps:

    For the Course Designer:
    1. Select "Manage Course" from the Control Panel.
    2. Select "Change Settings" (under the "Manage Students" tab)
    3. Select "Allow self-registration" and click the Update button.
    4. To close the self-registration window later, simply return to this page and check "Do not allow self-registration."
    5. Course designers can view the student list to see if all the students have added themselves to the courses. A designer can also remove those students who may have added themselves but who are not actually enrolled in the course.
    View detailed instructions with screenshots

    For the Students:
    1. To add themselves to a course, students should click on "Add Course" on their myWebCT page.
    2. Choose the appropriate category (Graduate Division, School of Dentistry, etc.) and click the Update button.
    3. Find the course title in the list of courses that appears.
    4. Click on the Pencil icon next to the course title to add the course. This will add the course to the students' myWebCT page.
    View detailed instructions with screenshots


  • Batch Addition of Students by CIT Staff
    Under certain circumstances, the CIT has the ability to add groups of students into course all at once. For example, the CIT can all 3rd year medical students or all 2nd year dental students to a course. In the near future, the CIT should be able to add students based on other group memberships (e.g., all nurse practitioner students).

    Request Batch Enrollment   [UCSF Only]
    UCSF faculty and designated instructional technology staff can use this online form to request that a group of students be enrolled into a WebCT course.


  • Helpdesk User
    Some schools have WebCT helpdesk users that have the ability to add students (one at a time). A helpdesk user may also be able to facilitate the addition of groups of students to courses.

Access for Non-UCSF Individuals

WebCT at UCSF is a service provided to current UCSF faculty, staff and students. Non-UCSF users cannot access courses on WebCT. Small numbers of exceptions can be made for the following reasons:
  • Non-UCSF individuals who are co-teaching WebCT courses with UCSF faculty;
  • Non-UCSF contractors who are designing UCSF WebCT courses for UCSF faculty or approved departments;
  • Non-UCSF individuals who are evaluating UCSF WebCT courses.

UCSF faculty and any other course designers who wish to have non-UCSF users access their WebCT courses should contact the CIT. CIT staff will provide detailed procedures.

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