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Placing course materials on the web

UW-Madison offers two convenient applications to support instruction: Learn@UW, an course management system, and My WebSpace, a utility for quick uploads of course materials. College of Engineering instructors may create a course homepage for any engineering class with an application called Engineering Courses on the Web (eCOW).

For questions, or to request a demo

If you need a UW-Madison NetID, please visit the NetID activation page.

Learn@UW

  1. If you teach a timetable course, simply log on to Learn@UW with your university NetID to access your course.

    Visit https://learnuw.wisc.edu/ to find out more about Learn@UW.

  2. Individual help for instructors is explained at: http://helpdesk.wisc.edu/page.php?id=3297

Check the Learn@UW webpages for information about uploading multiple files, setting access permissions, or using other features.

My WebSpace

The My WebSpace application at DoIT is an easy way to share files or set up access permissions for folders and files.

  1. Visit the My WebSpace development page at: https://mywebspace.wisc.edu/xythoswfs/webui

  2. Log in with your university NetID and password.

  3. Click the "web" folder.

  4. To upload a file, click the UPLOAD button, navigate to the file's location on your computer, and click OK.

  5. Give students the URL of your My WebSpace website: https://mywebspace.wisc.edu/<YourNetID>/web/

Check the My WebSpace webpages for information about uploading multiple files, setting access permissions, or using other features.

Engineering Courses on the Web (eCOW)

eCOW works with the default settings for most recent web browsers. The settings should accept cookies and enable Javascript.

To create an eCOW course homepage for your course:

  1. Start at the COE courses site homepage, courses.engr.wisc.edu.

  2. Click on the department for your class.

  3. Click on the class you are teaching. If your class is not listed, contact College of Engineering web services.

  4. Click "Create eCOW Course Homepage," near the top of the page. A page for homepage setup appears.

  5. Fill out the form.

  6. Click the "Create Homepage" button at the bottom of the form.

  7. A message reports the address for your new homepage, and a link is added to the course description page.

  8. After you have created the eCOW course homepage, click the SHOW CONTROL PANEL link at the top or bottom of the page to log in with your username and password, and to use eCOW commands. Click the HELP link at the top or bottom of the page find information about eCOW commands.

Application and Technical Support: ecow@engr.wisc.edu


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