Instructors can design courses for Internet delivery to students at many locations.
The WebCT environment uses a web browser as its primary interface to deliver course materials and tests. It also includes a bulletin board, e-mail, whiteboard, and text chat. The flexible interface also allows the use of multimedia such as video, animation, and audio. Administrative tools allow the management of a database of students and their records so that test scores and work progress are recorded. More than 39,000 instructors at over 1,350 colleges and universities use WebCT to deliver over 147,000 courses to more than 6 million student accounts in 55 countries.