The following is a description of all of the tools in the Mail tool. The Message Menu includes tools to manage mail and the Options Menu allows for choices in the appearance of the Mail webpage. Mail Create a new mail message Show a list of all mail folders. Select no messages Select messages for listing in a single frame. Compose is used to generate posts that are added to a discussion fora.
Help is an essential tool to clarify using discussion fora features.
The text window above is nearly identical to the Mail text window. The differences are the Post button replaces Send to and the Forum field replaces Send to. As with Mail, it is highly recommended that Preview be used before posting to a forum. It is important to note that the WebCT text fields do not recognize most of the formatting that we are accustomed to in using word processors. The text fields will ignore word processing tabs, tables, columns, font sizes and styles and other formatting features.