The netThread system will continue to serve its current set of conferences. Current plans call for the netThread system to be retired at the end of August 2000. Lesley Access conferences are an integrated part of the total Lesley Access system. That means that all students will eventually have Lesley Access accounts, and faculty members will not have to worry about providing account information to students. Users can search conference postings.
All persons posting to the system maintain control over their own postings.
If they make a typo, they can edit it. Faculty members can archive an entire conference at any time. Faculty can create a conference that will immediately be available to their students. Access to the conference is controlled by the Lesley Access system. All students in a class will have automatic access as soon as they are enrolled.