We are in the process of transitioning all discussion boards from the old WebBoard system into the Learning Management System within MySLC and no new WebBoards are being created. If you would like assistance with this transition, please contact Emily Sharp in Academic Computing at esharp@slc.edu or x2464.
If you are seeing this page but have already transitioned to MySLC, you may be interested in the Discussion board documentation for faculty and/or students.
In this guide, you will learn:
This is the hierarchy set up by default for any course in the MySLC LMS.
There are two ways to navigate to your courses.
Portlets are customizable frames that you can put things into. You can use portlets to organize a collection of separate concepts or files. A portlet is recognizable by the following three characteristics:
To add content to a page, you need to be able to edit that page. To do so, click on “Edit Page” in the upper right-hand corner of the page and below the navigation tabs and breadcrumb navigation bar. This will take you to the Properties tab of the Customize Page window.
The Course Syllabus portlet provides space to post a syllabus. You should create a separate element for each section or unit of the syllabus.
The announcements portlet allows a faculty or staff member to make an announcement to the student body and/or students in their classes. The announcements portlet does not email the students (see Coursemates) but rather displays the announcement in the announcement portlet on their MySLC account.
This portlet appears on the Course Resources page. It is for use by the library reserves staff only. If you would like documents scanned for your class and placed in this portlet on electronic reserve, please contact kbucher@slc.edu.
The Handouts portlet allows you to store files online for students to download. You can upload and store files of any type - Word documents, PDFs, images, even sound or short video files.
The bookmarks portlet is used for posting links.
Forums allow students and faculty to discuss texts and other topics outside of class. To get to the Forums, click on “Discussion” in the left navigation bar. This section contains the Forums and the Coursemates portlets. To start, click either “Forums” or “Go to Main Screen”.
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Log in to MySLC with your ID number and password. If you do not know your password, enter your ID number with no password and click Login. There will then be the option to click to have your password emailed to you.
The Coursemates portlet allows you to view the members of the class and send email to them.
From the course main page, look at the left-hand navigation bar again, and locate the link under “Course Information” labeled “Discussion”.
These features are not currently enabled by default. If you have an interest in using any of them or questions about what they can accomplish, please contact Academic Computing for instructions and/or a tutorial.
The 'Add a Page' option is located on the left-hand navigation bar and marked by a large green plus sign.
Adding a Custom Role on MySLC allows you to add people to your class that may not be a regular student. This would include such roles as audits, research assistants, guests etc.
The SLC Library subscribes to many full text databases, providing access to more than 10,600 periodicals. A complete alphabetical listing of the Library's online periodical subscriptions may be viewed here.
Most articles in research databases have been assigned dynamic URLs. If you attempt to bookmark a dynamic URL or include a link to it in your syllabus, chances are it will be a dead link the next time you try to access it.
Missed the MySLC/Learning Management System presentation at the February 5, 2008 faculty meeting or just didn't pick up the handout? Download it here (PDF).
Brain CandyGoogle will once again be offering Summer of Code. Students receive a stipend to work on open source software development. Better than a lot of summer jobs we can think of!
Many colleges and universities are posting recorded lectures. We particularly like Apple's iTunes U product. Both Berkeley and Stanford offer entire courses free online!