In the communications center, you may use either the discussion forum or the list serv.
Discussion forum: Each week, the instructor will post a topic for discussion. Anyone visiting the forum may post a response, which is visible to all visitors. A series of such postings is called a "thread." You may post a response to an existing thread, or start a new thread as the discussion evolves in a new direction. You must visit the discussion forum (click the button) to see the topics and postings, but you do not have to join up in any formal way.
A list serv lets any member send an email message to all the other people belonging to the list serv. You do not have to visit the list serv to get a message; it just comes to you as email. If either the instructor or a student has a message for the folks in the class, it can be distributed using the list serv.
This page was last updated on 08/21/02