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 ABOUT WEBTYCHO

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Introduction
Technology
Team
User Classifications

INTRODUCTION

WebTycho is a customized program developed by UMUC to facilitate course delivery via the World Wide Web. WebTycho works in conjunction with a web browser to provide an interactive classroom experience to more than 40,000 concurrent UMUC students and faculty around the United States and the world. Uses for WebTycho range from complete course delivery at a distance to supplemental enhancement of face-to-face classrooms.

Major functions of WebTycho include Syllabus and Course Content for instructors to deliver material; Assignment Folder for students to hand in personal work; Conferencing for class-wide asynchronous discussions; Study Groups for small group work; and Chat for real-time interaction. Supporting functions include Reserved Readings (faculty-selected, read-only, copyrighted material), Library access, Webliography (potpourri of websites posted by all class members), Portfolio (documentation of individual activity), Class Members (e-mail directory), robust text creation tools, and FacultyCenter (creation tools for faculty only.) Beyond their basic function, these sophisticated features allow varying degrees of customization and complexity.

For further information about University of Maryland University College, please visit our website at www.umuc.edu. You may also visit http://www.ed.umuc.edu/ and http://www.ad.umuc.edu/ for detailed information about the European and Asian Divisions, respectively.

The WebTycho development team is housed in UMUC headquarters located in Adelphi, Maryland.

Learning Applications Development and Support (LeADS)
Office of Information Technology
University of Maryland University College
3501 University Boulevard East
Adelphi, MD 20783


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WebTycho Support does not support third party software. This includes virus-protection, e-mail services, ISPs, Impatica, word processing and any other software not developed internally.  We do, however, assist with configuring browsers required for use with WebTycho.