Course components can include course home page, syllabus, content modules, and resources links. On the course home page, teachers can have a welcome message describing the course and making the course accessible to the public. Within the syllabus, teachers can provide course description, objectives, textbooks, requirements, assignments, instructional outlines, and contact information etc. Teachers can create or modify syllabus categories according to his or her instructional needs. Course content modules are structures of delivering.
Teachers can present instructional materials, handouts, and test items.
With content modules, teachers can also post discussion questions, assign learning activities, and organize the delivery of the course contents. Teachers can introduce extensive on-line resources and connect them to the course. The external resources will help students enhance their learning. WebCT 3.0 is equipped with a sophisticate course tool package. Within this package, there are page management tools, course content module related tools, communication tools and evaluation tools.