DU webCentral Training

DU webCentral provides faculty, staff and students with an easy-to-use, secure gateway to online information. After your first visit, you’ll have single sign-on access to your e-mail, Campus and Personal Announcements, myWeb, Blackboard, Portfolio, Penrose Library, calendars, courses, and more.

Introduction to webCentral - for Staff

This session walks you through webCentral features and customizing content and layout. Note: DU webCentral calendars will not be covered in detail in this class.

Prerequisites: You must know your DU ID number and passcode. If you are unsure of your passcode, contact Human Resources at 303-871-7420.
Instructor: Jeff Derksen
Register: Sign up/check dates for webCentral training

Introduction to webCentral - for Faculty

This session walks you through webCentral features and customizing content and layout. Faculty sessions also cover changing course home page links, webCentral course tools, and the relationship between Blackboard and webCentral.
Note: The calendar will not be covered in detail in this particular class.

Prerequisites: You must be a faculty member of the university and know your DU ID number and passcode to participate in this training. If you are unsure of your passcode, contact Human Resources at 303-871-7420.
Instructor: Jeff Derksen
Register: Sign up/check dates for webCentral training

webCentral Calendars

webCentral allows access, management, and sharing of appointments and/or tasks from a Web browser. We’ll cover some things you can do with webCentral calendars:

Create/edit events (including recurring events) and set reminders
Share your calendar and subscribe to other calendars
Create new calendars to manage personal appointments or a shared resource
Invite and inform others of a scheduled event
Share and/or delegate maintenance for a particular calendar
Create calendar sets to compare multiple calendars concurrently
Synchronize your appointments and/or tasks with Microsoft Outlook or a PDA
Import and export calendar data

Prerequisites: You must know your DU ID number and passcode. If you are unsure of your passcode, contact Human Resources at 303-871-7420.
Instructor: Jeff Derksen
Register: Sign up/check dates for webCentral training

webCentral Groups

WebCentral groups facilitate communication and sharing within a community of interest. Groups may be ongoing or have a life span for the duration of a particular project or committee. Groups can be public (anyone can join) or restricted (users request membership or group leaders add members). A variety of tools are available and each can be delegated including:

Group and guest Home pages
Group Leaders can “push” members into restricted groups
Announcements targeted to the group display on the webCentral Home tab
File Sharing/Uploads
E-mail (all or select members)
News, Links, Photos, Discussion, and Chat sections
Calendar sharing for the Group
Sub-groups for specific content/communication within the group

Prerequisites: You must know your DU ID number and passcode. If you are unsure of your passcode, contact Human Resources at 303-871-7420.
Instructor: Jeff Derksen
Register: Sign up/check dates for webCentral training

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