Before getting into all the nuts and bolts of posting messages, take a few minutes to review some basics about WebBoard's conferences and messages. Public conferences let anyone read and post messages. Moderated conferences have one or more persons exercising editorial control. Anyone can post, but the messages are reviewed before being posted. A moderated conference helps keep discussions focused.
Private conferences are limited to specific users who are authorized to read and post messages.
Private conferences allow you to discuss confidential or nondisclosure topics. Private conferences appear in the Conferences list only for authorized users. Instructors may create private conferences for various group projects in the class, allowing access only to those students working in the group. Read-only conferences are used to distribute official information to WebBoard users, such as policies or announcements. You can read, but not post messages to a read-only conference.