IST Home Page

IST Fac/Staff Page

IST Student Page

Logging In

Creating Your Site

Page Layout

Managing Tabs

Creating Folders

Adding Items

The Announcements Tab

The Documents Tab

The Discussion Tab

The Links Tab

The Pictures Tab

The Manage Tab

Logging Out

Deleting a Site

The Courseware system is designed to allow faculty to create class-related websites, which allow students to access course information round the clock. The sites can contain a variety of information, such as class announcements, topical discussions, course-related documents, links to other relevant websites, and visual aids. Courseware is very user-friendly. It is organized by tabs. Each tab contains folders and each folder contains items. Anyone who wishes to create and manage a Courseware site can do so without any web application development skills.

• To start using the Online Courseware Tutorial, click HERE.
• To open the login page of the Courseware application, navigate to http://www.law.georgetown.edu/system/login.cfm.
• For specific topic instructions, please use the Table of Contents below.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. Logging Into Courseware
2. Creating Your Own Courseware Site
3. The Courseware Page Layout
   • Default Tabs
   • Tab Management Buttons
   • Folder Management Buttons
   • Item Management Buttons
4. Tab Management
   • Tab Properties
   • Adding a New Tab
   • Sorting Tabs
   • Deleting a Tab
5. Folder Management
   • Adding a Folder
   • Adding a Folder into which Students Can Post Assignments
   • Renaming a Folder
   • Sorting Folders
   • Deleting a Folder
6. Item Management
   • Adding an Item
   • Editing an Item
   • Sorting Items
   • Deleting an Item
7. Announcements Tab Specific Instructions
   • Sorting Announcements
8. Documents Tab Specific Instructions
   • Adding a Document
9. Discussion Tab Specific Instructions
   • Setting-Up a Forum (a Threaded Discussion)
   • Posting Messages in a Forum
   • Dealing with Time Limits While Posting Messages on the Discussion Tab
   • Replying to Messages in a Forum
   • Editing & Deleting Messages in a Forum
   • Sorting Forums
   • Sending Emails from the Discussion Tab
10. Links Tab Specific Instructions
    • Adding a Web Address (URL) to the Links Tab
    • Editing URLs
    • Deleting URLs
    • Linking To Documents In Lexis Or Westlaw
11. Pictures Tab Specific Instructions
    • Adding an Image
    • Saving an Internet Image as a JPG or a GIF for use in your Courseware site
    • Adding a URL that Links to an Image
12. Help Tab Specific Instructions
13. Manage Tab Specific Instructions
    • Displaying a Digital Photo Roster of Students Enrolled in Your Class
    • Changing the Title, Semester, Password, and Other Site Settings on Your Courseware Site
    • Blocking Certain Users from Accessing Your Site
    • Promoting Users and Demoting Managers
    • Emailing Users & Managers
    • Erasing Tab, Folder and Forum Contents
    • The Recycle Bin
14. Deleting a Courseware Site
15. Logging Out of Courseware
16. Changing your Law Center Password

Appendix A: Courseware and Cookies

Revised January 15, 2008 (DHFM)