WebCT Help

Accessing and logging on to your

Wayne State College WebCT course

Students should access WSC WebCT courses via Ecampus, WSC's electronic portal.http://ecampus.wsc.eduYour User Name is the same as your WSC network login -- the first two letters of your first name, the first four letters of your last name, and a two-digit number, usually 01, all lowercase. For example, Jane Smith's login would be jasmit01 (or 02, 03, etc., depending on how many Jane Smith's have network accounts). If you are uncertain about your User Name, contact your instructor. For new users, the default password is your Social Security number. If you have problems logging in, contact your instructor or the WSC Help Desk at 375-7107, e-mail helpdesk@wsc.edu.For security reasons, WSC network passwords expire approximately every six weeks. Using Ecampus to access your course is especially useful for off-campus students, because Ecampus will notify you if your password is about to expire and allow you to change your password before it has expired. If your password expires and you cannot log in to Ecampus (you’ll know this if you have logged on successfully for some time and then suddenly cannot), go to the Ecampus page and click “I forgot my password.” Enter your username, Social Security number and date of birth (use the full four-digit year – as in 1970, not 70), and enter a new password. If this does not work for you, contact the WSC Help Desk. When you have logged in successfully to Ecampus, go to the WSC Online Resources link. Select WebCT Online Education from the pop-up menu. You should be directed to a MyWebCT page with a link to your course or courses. Click on the course link to enter your online class.

For additional information regarding WebCT, click on the Distance Education link on the Ecampus page.

Occasionally, because of security measures at the user end, some users will not be able to access the WebCT site or certain components of the online course. This has happened to some people who were using a workplace computer, for example at an ESU or corporate location. There is little Wayne State can do to address such a problem, except to tell users to contact their system administrators or to work from home or another site. System administrators may need to open ports 8080 and 8443.