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Messaging and Discussion Groups

Messaging and E-mail

The CADE Learning Management Web gives users the choice of using messaging or e-mail to communicate among participants to simplify its use by both experienced and inexperienced users. Not all participants have access to e-mail so the messaging system has been implemented to enable Administrators, Supervisors, Course Developers, and Participants to communicate among themselves within the system. The message system is completely integrated with standard e-mail systems so users of messaging can easily communicate with e-mail users.

Course Authorization

Courses can be flagged to require authorization by a Supervisor. When a student enrolls in a course, their Supervisor receives a message indicating that student's desire to enroll. The Supervisor may approve or deny the request and send a message indicating such to the student by replying to that message. Until a course is authorized, the student will see the course in their course list but will be unable to enter until the approval is given.

Virtual Classroom Text Messaging

During a broadcast a participant may have a question but the instructor is too busy or out of time to call on the participant. A text message can be created with the Virtual Classroom software that will be sent to the instructor later. When the instructor responds, the answer will be returned to the participant's in-box. More information can be found here.

Discussion Groups

There are a number of different Discussion Groups in the CADE Learning Management Web to provide a forum for persistent information about a course, lesson, or topic of general interest. These provide a history of questions and answers that can be browsed or searched to help people find answers to questions that may have been asked by someone earlier.

Threaded Discussions

Discussion threads maintained from post the initial posting of a question to the various replies that question may have so a person can follow a flow of logic from question to answer to question, etc.

Courses or Lessons

A Discussion Group may be associated with each Course, Lesson, or general topic. Course/Lesson Discussion Groups are accessed by entering the course area through Take Course and selecting the lesson. They are automatically created when a course or lesson is added to the database by the course developer.

General Topics

General Topic Discussion Groups can be created by an Administrator with the Create Discussion Group function. General Discussion Groups are entered through the Discussion link on the menu. There Administrators can define the following information for their Discussion Group:

Title
Description
Logon and Password for restricted sites
Number of days before entries expire
Moderator (optional)

Discussion Group Moderators

Identifying Discussion Group Moderators is optional. A moderator will be sent a message each time someone posts to their Discussion Group. They can reply privately to the person posting the message or reply to the Discussion Group itself.

Maintained in the Database

Discussion Group records are kept in the SQL Server database and can be accessed and manipulated like any other database table.

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