During the fourth meeting, participants looked at the more robust communication tools within each LMS:
- chat
- forum (discussion)
- wiki
- blogs
- messages
One feature of Blackboard CE8 contains that many faculty use and like is the Mail feature. This internal, or walled, email system allows faculty and students to communicate via an email tool that is only available within the course space. This allows for easy management of communications related to a course.
In Moodle, there is no internal mail feature. There is an Instant Messaging feature which facilitates one-to-one communication, but it is not course specific (you can IM across courses) and notifications would be sent to your Massasoit email inbox. Blackboard 9.1 has an email feature which would be linked to your Massasoit email as well as a Message Center which is very similiar to the Mail feature in Blackboard CE8.
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