Chapter 6—Collaboration Tools

Collaboration Tools allow users and Instructors to engage in synchronous communication.

This chapter includes information on the following topics:

Topic	Description
Collaboration Tools	Provides an overview of the Virtual Classroom and Chat features.
Collaboration Sessions	Explains how instances of each collaboration tool are organized.
Create/Modify Collaboration Session	Gives instructions for building a session.
Virtual Classroom	Provides an overview of the Virtual Classroom.
Menu Bar	Describes the functions available in the Menu Bar of the Virtual Classroom.
Classroom Tool Box	Describes the functions available in the Virtual Classroom tool box.
Whiteboard	Explains the Whiteboard function in the Virtual Classroom.
Group Browser	Describes how to view Web sites as a group during a session.
Content Map	Explains how to access course content from within the Virtual Classroom.
Ask Question	Describes how users pose a question to the session moderator.
Question Inbox	Describes how the moderator organizes and answers questions.
Chat	Explains the Chat tool.
Private Messages	Provides instructions for communicating with one other user in the chat without sharing the messages with the rest of the class.
User Information	Describes how to view details about another user in the chat.
Record Menu	Reviews the functions for recording a session.
Session Archives	Explains how users access the archive of an earlier session.
Archive Properties	Describes the attributes of a session archive.