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Unit 1 - Your Tools

Reading
Within your online course, there are several options for communicating with your instructor and classmates. Most of these options do not require that you are online at the same time as the people with whom you want to communicate.

Notebook
Journal
Document Sharing
Online Chatroom
Message Center
Email
Webliography

Notebook
The Notebook feature provides you with a place to record your notes and ideas electronically. With the Notebook, you can easily store and retrieve information from within your online course. To see an example of this feature, click on the Notebook link, located on the left-side navigation menu.

Journal
The Journal is a communication tool designed for use between you and your instructor. You can post comments in the Journal and your instructor can respond through the Gradebook tool. To see an example of this feature, click on the Journal link, located on the left-side navigation menu.

Document Sharing
Document Sharing gives you and your instructor the ability to upload and download documents, images, spreadsheets, HTML pages, and small programs. This tool allows you to share and view these files, then rebuild, revise, or recreate them. To learn more, click on the Document Sharing link, located on the left-side navigation menu.

Online Chatroom
Along with your classmates and instructor, you can use the Online Chatroom feature to join in "real time", synchronous discussions. Many students have found the Online Chatroom to be an effective tool for both group and one-on-one chats, interactive study sessions and for meeting with their instructor during designated office hours. To see an example of this feature, click on the Chatroom link, located on the left-side navigation menu.

The Message Center
This feature was designed to mimic the function of a "bulletin board". In the Message Center, the instructor can post important dates, reminders, revisions, or any important information that comes up over the course of the semester. You will find the Message Center on your Course Homepage every time you login. To see an example of this feature, click on the Message Center link, located on the left-side navigation menu.

Email Class
The Email Class feature allows you to send messages to your instructor and classmates without having to leave your online course. This feature gives you the option of sending an email to your entire class, selected members of your class, your instructor, or any combination thereof. This feature also gives you the ability to send file attachments with your message. To see an example of this feature, click on the Email Class link, located on the left-side navigation menu.

Webliography^sm
The Webliography^sm is an annotated bibliography of World Wide Web sites, allowing students and instructors to build a virtual library of Web links. Use of the Webliography^sm is unique for each particular course, but in every case both you and your instructor have the ability to submit sites. The Webliography^sm can add enormous value to the online course environment. To learn more, click on the Webliography^sm link, located on the left-side navigation menu.