CamTools: Getting Started

BeginnersUpdated

CamTools is an online system used to create sites to support teaching, research, and collaboration. Within a CamTools site academics, students, administrators and guests can use a collection of online tools to collaborate, communicate and share resources.

Aimed at those looking for a general introduction to the system, this course covers all basic functions of CamTools and offers hands-on experience of running a site as an administrator. You will practice working with the most useful tools (uploading documents, updating a calendar, posting announcements etc), and managing a site (adding site members, creating groups etc). By the end of the course you will have developed a fully functioning CamTools site, populated with a standard set of tools.

• University staff
• College staff
• Researchers
• Further details regarding Student Systems' eligibility criteria are available

Number of sessions: 1

• Introduction
• Requesting a site
• Course and Project sites
• Logging in
• Navigating
• Adding, using and managing tools
• Main tools;
  • Announcements
  • Resources
  • Schedule
  • Site Info
• Adding and removing users

To be able to:

• Understand the CamTools environment
• Manage participants
• Manage the appropriate tools

To gain hands on experience of using CamTools

• Demonstrations and practical exercises

One half day session

• Weekly

• CamTools
• Committees and Groups
• Introduction
• Research
• Teaching and Learning