Each course at UIUC is assigned its own space on the WebBoard server. There is no communication between virtual boards for chats or any other activities. Within each board, the board manager has the ability to create conferences and assign conference moderators. Conferences, like the chapters of a book, organize the materials in a virtual board.
Conferences contain messages.
They are generally created around a particular topic or function-for example, a virtual board might contain a set of conferences pertaining to each of the primary divisions of a course syllabus. A conference can be open to all users of that board, or have limited user access, such as only the students enrolled in a particular section of a course. The number and types of conferences are in a course virtual board are up to the instructor. Written by Jolee West . Web design by Elizabeth Yen and Web translation Rageshwar Wilcox .