The PASSWORD-PROTECTED portion of the seminar web site is now up-and-running -- at long last!

To access this material, usually all you will need to do is click on PASSWORD-PROTECTED COURSE MATERIAL on the seminar web site HOMEPAGE (or in the navigation list to the left of any other page). This will take you to a section of the course web site that utilizes WebCT software.

However, to access this portion of the web site you will need to use a personal ID and a PASSWORD. The following section explains how to set this up -- YOU WILL NEED TO FOLLOW THIS PROCEEDURE ONLY ONCE. After that you can access the password-protected course materials simply by entering your ID and PASSWORD.

SETTING UP YOUR WEBCT GLOBAL ID AND PASSWORD

Once you complete the process described below, you will have established your Global ID and password and set up your my WebCT page, and you will not have to use this process again. You will simply access your my WebCT page directly for all password-protected course information.

Both your INITIAL ID for this seminar and your INITIAL PASSWORD is your FAMILY NAME SPELLED WITH A CAPITAL FIRST LETTER. To set up your my WebCT personal page for this seminar, first access the main CSU WebCT page in your web browser at:

http://webct.csuohio.edu

Click on "Course Listings" to find this course title: "Teaching about East Asia". (You will have to click on "history" first to find the course you are looking for.)
Click on the course title in the course listing; you then will be asked to enter your INITIAL ID and your INITIAL PASSWORD in the blank spaces provided. Hit ENTER to submit.

A my WebCT Setup screen will appear with the question: "Why are you here?" At the bottom (you may have to scroll down) this question is answered briefly and you are asked "Have you already set up myWebCT?" Click NO to continue.

The next setup screen is called "Getting Started." It will display the course title you used to enter earlier. Click VALIDATE to continue. The next screen, "Validate your courses for my WebCT", will provide the INITIAL ID for the course and ask you to enter the INITIAL PASSWORD. After entering these, click VALIDATE PASSWORDS.

Next, on the "Validate your courses for my WebCT" screen, you will be asked to enter your FIRST NAME, LAST NAME and a GLOBAL ID as well as a PASSWORD. Check out the directions there for choosing your GLOBAL ID and PASSWORD. After re-entering the password to confirm, click SUBMIT. WebCT will confirm your my WebCT configuration, and you can click to go to your my WebCT page. It will say "Authorization Failed"; retry and this time enter your (newly chosen) GLOBAL ID and PASSWORD, and you should be in.

The first time you successfully access the password-protected course materials on the Freeman Seminar Web Site, please take the time to write me another email message. [You can use this same procedure to contact any other member of the class throughout the semester ahead.] Go to the bottom of the page and click on PRIVATE MAIL. Click on the underlined words and an email form will appear. In the column to the left of the screen, click on COMPOSE. Address the note to "INSTRUCTOR", say something nice, sign your name and click SEND. If successfully transmitted, this message will give me a sense of how many participants have been able to get "online" in this part of the web site, alert all of us to any potential problems and, hopefully, will encourage you to email me often during the course of the seminar.

Notice that you can change your password for this portion of the web site by clicking on CHANGE PASSWORD under GENERAL TOOLS.

If you sign in to the password-protected portion of the web site at any time during your current online session, you can always return without having to reenter your sign-in information.

BE SURE TO CLOSE BOTH THE BROWSER AND WINDOWS95/98 at the end of any session using a public-access computer to avoid other people using your identity on the course web site. (Monday, February 7, 2000)