Quick Guide to the Catalyst Tools

What tool should I use?

Easily gather and track files, provide feedback, and return files online.

Good for collecting files (assignments) from a group of people.

Provide an access hub for your Catalyst tools, organize information, resources, and electronic materials.

Good for organizing information and for posting resources and files.

Upload, download and work with files and get 1.5 GB of extra memory. Access files on your Dante, Homer, or MyUW.net accounts.

Good for organizing and storing files online.

Create online discussion boards, share files, adding moderators or administrators, and view participant profiles.

Good for discussing topics and distributing files within a message

Manage class grades online, publish grades for students to view, and submit final class grades to the Registrar.

Good for managing course grades online.

Create and reuse groups to provide access to your Catalyst Tools or collaborate with others. Access updated class lists.

Good for controlling access to your tools.

Collect, annotate, arrange, and display a variety of digital "artifacts" that illustrate your accomplishments.

Good for showing and reflecting on samples of your work.

Create a template to guide participants as they build their portfolios.

Good for providing a structure for participants’ portfolios.

Create a one-question survey to quickly gauge people's views, opinions, or knowledge and display the results numerically and graphically.

Good for quickly gauging where people are and collecting opinions.

Share files with your friends and colleagues. Allow them to download a file, make changes, and upload new versions.

Good for sharing files within a group of people and tracking changes to files.

Create template-based Web pages and publish them to your Web site without having to learn HTML.

Good for creating a basic Web site and allowing others to edit your site.

Create a form which allows people to send you anonymous email from your Web page directly to your email inbox.

Good for collecting feedback and messages from a Web site.

Build and administer online surveys or quizzes with many types of questions. WebQ is approved by the Human Subjects Division for research.

Good for collecting responses from people.