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Webboard Tutorial

Introduction

WebBoard is a conferencing system that you access using a Web-browser such as Netscape Navigator or Microsoft's Internet Explorer. Each course using WebBoard has its own conferencing space, called a virtual board, where students and instructors can interact as a group--share ideas, images, and other documents--privately, much like an electronic bulletin board with restricted membership. Even though each student in the class can access their course board from any Internet connection, people not registered for the class cannot.

Each conference within a board can be configured so that all students in the course can access it, or the instructor can specify that only certain students can access a particular conference. Conferences can even be set up for turning in homework assignments. The way WebBoard is used for your course depends entirely on your instructor.

This document provides a brief introduction to WebBoard basics. For more detailed information about any aspect of WebBoard, see the online help (discussed in Section II).

Contents

1. Accessing your WebBoard Course
2. Logging in to WebBoard
3. Understanding the WebBoard Environment
4. Logging out of WebBoard
5. Your WebBoard Profile
6. Changing your WebBoard Password
7. Reading Conference Messages
8. Creating and Posting a Message
9. Searching for Messages
10. Searching for Users