Most newsgroups are unmoderated. Many universities around the world offer newsgroups for individual courses. At Berkeley, all newsgroups are listed on the readnews server agate.berkeley.edu under the ucb. Chat Rooms, MOOs, and MUDs Chat rooms, MOOs , and MUDs all involve talking on the Internet in real time. In some cases, a private chat can be arranged between two parties who meet initially in a group chat.
Chats can be ongoing but are usually scheduled for a particular time and duration.
Also, transcripts of a chat can be archived for later reference. Since 1996, the Instructional Technology Program has co-sponsored Cafe MOOlano , an online meeting space for UC Berkeley instructors and students. Starting Spring semester 2000, we are also making available a basic chat server, talk.berkeley.edu , which is being piloted as an adjunct to a Graduate School of Journalism radio production class.