It was really time intensive. The tutors would spend two or three hours on each paper. It was frustrating. But it was a step in the right direction. Another step in the right direction, but Thurber wanted text capabilities and vocal capabilities.
Several people can collaborate in real time and each can manipulate the text on the screen.
Best of all, other than internet access costs, it doesn't cost a dime to communicate by modem or ethernet connection. With help from Pinney's composition class, Thurber and McAllister began experimenting. They found that the software allowed them to open a Microsoft Word document and collaborate on it. Jeff could take over the control of the document by clicking the mouse, and I could take it back by clicking mine. We could each write on the document, highlight text, and scroll to different areas - we each had the same view and could operate all the program's functions while talking with each other.