What Is WebTycho?

WebTycho is a web-based education delivery system developed at the UMUC home campus in Adelphi, Maryland. Each WebTycho class exists as a secure site on the Internet. Once you are rostered into your class, you'll receive a user login and password. You can enter WebTycho through several servers (Internet computers) located in the United States. Your class will be "replicated" on all the various servers around the world. You may view a report containing the status of the various WebTycho servers at http://www.umuc.edu/suppserv/it/tycho/tychomsg.html.

The WebTycho interface consists of four basic areas:

Class Area	Study Group Area
Personal Area	Announcements

In the Class Area you will find the class Syllabus, a Course Content area, and a Conference area. The Conference area serves as your online classroom. Class discussions are posted by Topic. Class members read and reply to each other's postings within each Topic. All interaction is asynchronous. No real time chat is required though some instructors hold optional chat sessions.
In the Study Group Area, small subgroups can work collaboratively online, discuss assignments, create and edit common documents.
The Personal Area is where you turn in Assignments to your instructor, send e-mail to your classmates, or change your password.
The Announcements area contains -- you guessed it -- announcements.

This brief explanation probably sounds pretty dry at best and pretty confusing at worst! Check out the WebTycho tutorial/users' guide:

GO TO: http://tychousa.umuc.edu/

... and follow the directions to login as a guest. Once in, click on WebTycho Orientation and take WEBT 101, Orientation to WebTycho.

If you work through the tutorial/users guide, you'll know as much as you can without actually participating in a class. Once you're in your own WebTycho class, we're sure you'll like the ease of use WebTycho provides.

Getting Started with WebTycho: Special Requirements

For best results with WebTycho, use any of these browers with any of these computer operating systems.

Browsers:

Netscape Communicator 7.0 or higher (for PC)
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 or higher (for PC)
AOL 8.0 or higher (for PC)
Netscape 7.1 or higher (for Macintosh)

Operating Systems:

Windows 2000 (for PC)
Windows XP (for PC)
Macintosh OS X 10.3

Go to the WebTycho home page at http://tychousa.umuc.edu, click on "Help and Support," bookmark this site, and make sure your computer is set up correctly.

~ The DE Office, UMUC-Europe