Navigation Features

The picture to the left is an example of a typical WebCT home page. This homepage is going to be your primary source for navigating through your WebCT course. There are several different ways to navigate through any WebCT course. This handout will show you some of those ways. Please note that the back and forward buttons on your browser will not always work in WebCT. You will need to use the navigation features provided to get around in the course.

Homepage

The most frequently used navigation tool in WebCT is the Homepage. On any WebCT homepage there will be a series of buttons that are links to different areas within the course. Clicking on one of the icons, or the text under the icon, will take you to that area of the course.

Course Menu

Another often used navigation feature is the left hand navigation panel. On the left hand side of any WebCT course you will see a menu bar that will always have the Homepage button in it. Other items for this navigation tool can be added or subtracted by your instructor. In this area clicking on the text, for example the word “Homepage,” will take you to that part of the course.

Course Map

• At the top of all of the pages within the course is a navigation tool that allows you to do several things.
• The “MyWebCT” button will take you back to your MyWebCT page.
• ”Resume Course” will take you back to the last page you visited the last time you were in the course.
• “Course Map” will give you a general view of what is in the course.
• The “Help” button is designed to give you information about how to use the different features in WebCT.
  

Breadcrumbs

• The “breadcrumbs” navigation feature can be found at the top of the page.
• This feature lets you see where you have been and move backwards through that path.
• With this navigation feature, clicking on the text will take you to that area of the course.
  

Action Menu

• The last navigation tool is the “Action Menu”
• The Action Menu may be turned on or off by your instructor and it can be found either across the top of the page or on the left side of the page. (This feature is only available in the course content area.)
• The Action Menu is very similar to the buttons you use in your browser. It allows you to move backward and forward through the course one page at a time.
• Other items, such as Glossary, Search and Notes, can be added to the Action Menu by your instructor.