Faculty, Student and TA Accounts

Instructors request new WebCT courses by filling out the online Web form at: http://www.umass.edu/webct/instructor/managing_course/new.html

Course instructors/designers are assigned a myWebCT ID and password based on their OIT username and password.

Course instructors/designers should access their WebCT courses through myWebCT from the UMass WebCT entry page using: https://webct.oit.umass.edu/

Course instructors may request that the WebCT administrator create additional designers for their WebCT course(s).

Course instructors need to be the instructor of record through the Registrar’s Office in order for their course student roster information to be made available to the WebCT administrator.

Course instructors/designers are responsible for all course content, course functions, student management and course backups (except for adding of students to their course – handled through procedures initiated by the WebCT Administrator).

Course instructors/designers have the capability and responsibility of allowing or denying student access to their WebCT courses during the semester.

Course instructors should not create student course accounts nor allow students to create their own course accounts. All student accounts must be created by the WebCT administrator.

Shared designers are established by the WebCT administrator at the request of the course instructor/designer.

Shared designers have all of the capabilities as the course instructor/designer. When communicating using the course email or bulletin board all course designers (including the instructor will be identified as the course instructor.

Shared designers should access their WebCT courses through myWebCT from the UMass WebCT entry page using: https://webct.oit.umass.edu/

Course instructors may request that teaching assistants be set up for their WebCT course(s).

TAs will have the capability of helping manage groups of students using the Student Management tools.

TAs should access their WebCT courses through myWebCT from the UMass WebCT entry page using: https://webct.oit.umass.edu/

Students must be registered in the course and section through normal UMass
registration procedures before they can be entered into a WebCT course.

All students MUST also have an OIT account (includes necessary NetID and UMAccess password) in order to be added as a student in a WebCT course.

Students will be entered in all of their WebCT courses using their OIT username and password. Their myWebCT ID will be their OIT username. Their WebCT password will be their OIT password.

Students should access their WebCT courses through myWebCT from the UMass WebCT entry page using: https://webct.oit.umass.edu/

A Special Student testing account will be set up for each WebCT course. This is to be used by the Instructor/Designer and Shared Designers for testing purposes. Occasionally the instructor might also use this account to allow colleagues temporary access to their course.

At the start of the semester at the request of an instructor a guest account can be enabled for a course. This will provide temporary student access while students are going through the process of establishing their own OIT username and getting formally registered in a course through the Registrar.

OIT Help Desk will help students set up their OIT account (includes necessary NetID and UMAccess password).

Support for helping students check that they have a valid OIT account and are using the correct password for access will also be available at the Help Desk.