Each conference contains individual topics for discussion. You can create the topics, and you can also allow students to begin new topics. These narrow the scope of the individual topic to a specific issue or idea. Students may post messages to existing discussion threads, or start their own threads under specific topics. These are the messages posted by students in response to existing messages in a discussion thread.
Students join the discussion of a single topic in real time.
Messages are posted in the order they are received, NOT divided into separate topics or threads. WebBoard generates a list of current users in the Chat Room so you can see who is participating. Privacy features include paging, which lets you signal another user in any active Chat Room, and whispering , which allows users to send a message to a specific Chat Room user without posting a public message. However, a faculty member may submit a request to the WebBoard administrator to see the logged file of a Chat Room session, which will include whispered messages. For specific instructions on how to use the Chat Room, log in to Webboard 3.0.