Speed and Performance

Several factors affect the speed with which you move through WebTycho. These include

• the speed of your computer
• the speed of your ISP's connection to the internet
• the amount of traffic on the internet at the moment
• the number of notes posted to a conference by all class members. The more posted, the longer it takes to present the conference. (Faculty may delete old notes to speed up the conference.)
• the size of the page you are accessing. Pages with graphics or a large amount of text take longer than pages will smaller content.

We can help you control the last factor, the size of the page you are accessing. You may enable or disable classroom applets. Applets must download each session so it may take several seconds or minutes for the page to appear. If you experience significant performance problems while these applets load, we suggest you make liberal use of Account Preferences. You may change these settings frequently during the same class session. Do remember that if you turn something off in one class it will be turned off in all of your classes.

WebTycho Applets that may be turned off

• Spell Check
• Text Formatting Editor
• Classroom Awareness
• Red Stars on Class Menu*

To disable these applets

1. Click on Options
2. Select Account Preferences
3. Click Disable for Text Formatting Editor, Classroom Awareness, Red Stars on Class Menu (these indicate whether new notes have been posted since your last log in), and/or Spell Check
4. Click Submit
5. Refresh / Reload the page. The changes will take effect immediately
6. When you're ready to use any of these tools, return to Account Preferences and reactivate the desired feature.

* Red Stars on Class Menu (Optional):
In particular, this feature requires a large amount of processing throughout the time you spend in Conferences.  If you do not have to know whether new notes have been posted, disabling this feature (in Account Preferences) may greatly shorten the time it takes for Conference pages to load. Or leave it on when you first visit the conference for a quick overview, and then disable the red stars unread markers.

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WebTycho Support does not support third party software. This includes virus-protection, e-mail services, ISPs, browsers, word processing and any other software not developed by WebTycho. To use the third-party software, you must agree to the terms and conditions imposed by the third party provider and the agreement to use such software will be solely between you and the third party provider. However, because browsers required for use with WebTycho, we provide limited assistance in configuring browsers specifically for that purpose.