On a WebChat page, you can have several topics to be discussed. For each topic, comments are saved in the order submitted. Comments are typed into a box at the bottom of the WebChat topic page. To add any supporting information, such as a picture or sound, all the user needs to type in is the URL that points to it. The user does not need to know any HTML in order to add a comment.
Users can be anonymous or identified with their comments.
The ID of the station that the person is submitting from, the date, and time are automatically displayed with the comment. WebChat allowed the Art Studio students to post images and the students in both classes to discuss manipulations and interpretations of those images. Other classes began using WebChat to support general discussions outside of class. American Studies courses have used WebChat for providing input and critiques of student projects. Besides courses, some projects and organizations are trying to use WebChat.