Using a Web browser interface, an instructor can create quizzes and interactive learning materials that supplement an existing classroom course, or form the basis for an entire on-line course. But that doesn't mean that you have to burn up a lot of time putting your course on the Web. The instructor can also use it to encourage lively discussions or debates on a topic, for posting assignments, for replying to questions about assignments, and many other communication activities. The Bulletin Board has a 'Notes' forum that is reserved for discussion of course notes placed in WebCT's 'Contents' section. While reading a course note, a student can then easily link to a class discussion of that note in the Bulletin Board and add his or her own comments.
Students can also easily locate comments about course notes later for reference.
The Course Conferencing System keeps track of which articles are read by each student and, by default, initially presents only unread articles. All messages in the conferencing system can be searched for content, sender, date of sending, and more. Tool WebCT's Chat Tool, which allows for real-time communication among course participants, is a popular internet tool with students. Unlike physical office space, Chat places no limit on the number of participants at any given time. While using a chat room, you can can view a list of participants in each room.