The Jewish Theological Seminary
Schools
Communication Tools
The Communication Tools allow you to send email, view student webpages, and participate in discussion boards or class chat sessions.
Note: Your instructor and Blackboard administrator decide which Communication Tools are available in your course, so your options may not include all of those listed here.
| Communication | Function |
| Announcements | New information about the course–room changes, quizzes, chat room meetings. |
| Send Email | Send email to other students and instructors in the course. |
| Collaboration | Synchronous Virtual Classroom and Lightweight Chat tools allow for a chat room, whiteboard, web browser, and Q & A area. |
| Roster | List of students' names and their email addresses, and links to the student webpages in that course. |
| Group Pages | Listing of groups in the course and access to private group areas. |
| Discussion Boards | Asynchronous tool with discussion threads and responses. |