Involvement depends on the professor's initiative. It gives the students the opportunity to teach, to work with each other. Most virtual classroom pages include a syllabus of the course, student assignments, additional information or website links, and a chat room where students and professors can share their research. Some professors use it as a medium for essays and exams. According to Alejandro Eluchans of Web Services, setting up a classroom is amazingly simple.
Virtual classrooms have four main features.
First, they offer a password protected environment where only registered students get access to the information, and only faculty given specific permission can edit the pages. Second, faculty can edit files and create links without spending hours learning html language. In the future, Eluchans hopes students will also have the ability to upload images. Professors can create topics to which students can respond. Jahn has witnessed teams of students using the classroom for their research projects.