Timely assessment of student understanding. Conferencing gives students a sense of a class community. Quiet and passive students are given another venue to participate and express themselves. Integrated solution for class discussion and communication, posting assignments and announcements, delivering quizzes over the Web, collecting assignments over the Web, and more. Instructors can define Groups and assign students to Groups.
Groups can then carry on their own discussions.
Internet email can be sent from within CourseInfo to all students enrolled in the course. CourseInfo is accessible with just a Web browser - no special application is required. Instructors, course builders and T.A.s can configure the class site and add content via the Web with no HTML experience required. Threading of conferences is very basic. Text only in messages.