Work groups allow students to collaborate on various projects. Students can also use this feature to communicate as a group in forums and share resources through file sharing.
The student profile is a virtual classroom feature that adds personalization to each student's work space. With this feature, students can add personal information about themselves for others to view. This feature allows students to get to know each other virtually.
Many features fall under this category. Live chat, forums, chat rooms and private mail are all considered communication tools. These tools allow students to communicate with each other and the teacher.
The test manager is an application used to manage anything related to tests. Students can take tests under this application, review test results and keep track of their scores.
The instructor's test manager application allows her to create various tests and make them available for a specific time frame. These tests can be assigned to a certain group of students, can contain images and may be arranged vertically or horizontally.
A news and announcement application allows the teacher to post messages to the course home page. The news section can be used to announce important dates, weekly introductions or other vital information.
This online application is used to extend the file storage. Instructors can create file folders to collect assignment submissions from all course members, from group members, or from individuals. For easy downloading, a collection of assignments can be zipped together.