Enrolling in Your Class
The classrooms are located at http://starttoweb.net, please open that page in a new window by right clicking on the url above and selecting “open in new window”.
screenshot 1: Login Screen
The first time you visit the site (Note the screen has changed slightly and screen shots will be updated soon):
- Create an account - takes you to the screen to create your userid/password & account information. Note the information you provide will only be available to instructors and other students in your classes.
- Userid created when you created your account
- If you want to set a cookie so you don't have to log in each time check this box
- Use the Login or Cancel buttons to Enter
- If you do not remember the userid or password you created using this link will send your account information to the email address you used to register.
That will take you to your “My Classroom” screen:
screenshot 2: My Courses screen before enrolling in any course.
Select the Course Browser link which will display all the available classes:
screenshot 3: Select the category to view the available classes
That will display the titles of available classes. Select the category and the classes in that category will be listed
Select a course and you will be provided with information about the class. Classes that are “Public” such as the “Language of Web Design” course will allow you to enroll and begin the class immediately. These are the free classes. Other classes will require a fee and/or instructor approval.
All classes will have a link to contact the instructor if you have a question before enrolling.
For Public Classes
To enroll in a Public class click the Enroll link.
screenshot 4: Open enrollment available to any registered user
Which will bring up the Enrollment manager:
screenshot 5: enrollment screen for public
or protected course
For Private Classes
If the class requires instructor approval or is a “for fee” class the course description screen will show the Access as Private and using the Enroll link will send a request to the instructor to join the class.
Description of class and links
If you double click on the title of the class you will get a screen with a “Request Enrollment” button otherwise you wll get the same confirmation screen used when registering for
Which returns the confirmation that your request for enrollment was made of the instructor.
Your request for enrollment has been sent to the instructor
After Enrollment
After you have enrolled in one or more classes when you first login or use the “My Courses” link from the menu you will see the courses you have enrolled in along with your enrollment status. In the example used here the student is enrolled in one Public class- “The Language of Web Design” which is immediately accessible using the course name as a link or the student can go directly to the class forums.
The Private class is still pending approval from the instructor and the link to the classroom is not available.
To enter the classroom double click on the course name and you are there.
In both cases the student can send an email to the instructor or drop the class by using the “Remove” link.