As such, it supports all the Windows conveniences. Multiple windows, for example allow students and teacher to view several different documents at the same time. Additionally, the documents can be hypertext linked. These anchors may be icons or highlighted text. Users do not have to be located in the same place nor logged on at the same time.
Groups interact completely .
Documents and graphics can be hypertext linked. An information base dynamically evolves and students and teacher contribute to the conference. The metaphor for such conferencing is the Roman Forum. The idea is that multiple groups have their own separate conferences, each independent from the others.