The ability to post and read handouts for the course. You can arrange for individual consultations with an IT staffer to go over each package and set up an account. This package is perhaps the simplest to use, but it's butt ugly.
Students can see announcements, use a bulletin board, and access course links and syllabi.
Go to the Blackboard CourseInfo index on the Web Pages for Courses page. Click on College of Arts and Sciences. This package is fairly easy to use, a bit more pleasant to look at, and offers a syllabus, announcements, student information, and discussion groups. Click here for more information on Web Course in a Box and IT contacts to set up an account . It offers greater control over the appearance of the web page and student tracking, but it can be difficult to master the intricacies of the file management program that is the heart of the software.