Applicants choose their own partners by searching the database for partners, and contacting teachers they want to work with. When three teachers are ready to form a team, they register as a team using the Matching Database. The matching process is discussed further in the Orientation Guide . These are closed off to the public for safety and to other teams. Forums are monitored by teachers and the Secretariat.
Participants can exchanges messages through the Web interface or by e-mail.
However, since some schools do not allow students to use e-mail, teachers will have the option of blocking their students from signing up for an account. Since all users must be pre-approved by a participating teacher before they can use chat, there's no way for outsiders to sneak in. These are also closed to the public.