Contact
Information
Email:
WebCT Private Email only
Office: CAC, Room 217B
1300 San Pedro, San Antonio
78212
Phone: 210/733-2550
Read ALL the directions below before attempting to login.
This section outlines how to get into the electronic classroom. If you have trouble with this or anything on the web, make at least three attempts, then try again later.
Access to WebCT 4.0, is through the SAC ePortal. The SAC ePortal is a secure Web site with many resources. These are some of the services available to students through ePortal:
- Online registration for courses
- Transcripts
- Grades
- Free email address (This is a permanent email address that students may continue using even after you finish their studies at SAC. A student must use it often, however, or the account will expire. The ePortal email system is NOT available between 2 and 6 a.m.)
- College news & current events
- Access to all WebCT 4.0 courses on a student's schedule
The following link jumps to a tutorial about how to log in to ePortal. It parallels the instructions below. Clicking on the next link will open an animation. This tutorial requires a free Shockwave plug-in that you can download at the following Web site if you do not already have it.
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If you have taken WebCT classes in the past, you will notice it is a different procedure now.
1. Open an Internet browser to access the World Wide Web. Internet Explorer works best.
2. Click on the SAC Portal link here
3. Notice the instructions just to the right of the log in boxes and follow each of the steps, which are:
4. Click to obtain your ePortal user name.
5. When the system asks, type in the Social Security number.
6. Make a record of the ePortal user name you are given in a secure location.
7. Use this password to get in the first time. The password is the first two characters of your last name in UPPER CASE followed by the last six digits of your Social Security number. For example:
John Doe
SSN = 123987654
John Doe's Password = DO987654
Once you enter ePortal successfully, you should see this menu:
8. Click on the "My Courses" tab, as shown above, to see our class listed under "Courses I'm Attending." Click on our course and section number to get into WebCT 4.0. It will open in a new window and you will still be logged into the ePortal in the other window.
| If you experience difficulty logging into the SAC ePortal, call ACCD Information Technologies Support Central Help Desk at (210) 220-1616 and then press 1. |
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9. After logging in for the first time and before you log out, change the password to something you can remember, but others will not be able to guess.
- Do not record it where it can be found by someone else.
- DO NOT tell ANYONE the password.
- Follow these steps to change the password:
a. While in ePortal find the "Options" button, as seen above at the top left of the screen.
b. Click "Options" and follow the steps given.
10. Set a schedule for changing the password again to increase security. On that day, follow the above steps.
11. The ePortal e-mail button is on the right side of the menu. This is a regular e-mail program that you can use with fellow students, friends or as an alternate way to contact the instructor outside of WebCT.
| When you finish, be sure to log out of BOTH WebCt and the ePortal before leaving the computer. If you don't, others can access your personal records. Close all related browser windows. |
12. As you work, be mindful of the navigation.
Important WebCT Navigation Information
Use the Gray Boxes marked Back and Forward to navigate in
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Do Not use the White BACK and FORWARD control arrows in the green buttons on the WebCT pages.
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Using those will throw you out of WebCT.
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(Adapted by permission and with special thanks from work by Dr. Charlotte Wolf.)
Once in, go to the area needed to do the work assigned.
- If you follow a link and the Back key becomes disabled, it's probably because the page has opened in a new browser window. Close it by clicking on the X-box in the top right corner, and your last page should show up.
- When you have a message to post to the Discussion Board or WebCT private email, click there.
- To exit, close the browser.
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