Web-Based Chat and Threaded Discussion Tools

Web-based "chat" and threaded discussion tools are multimedia World Wide Web applications that allow users to include pictures, sound, or video along with their comments. Links to other web sites can also be embedded within your comments.

  • WebChat
  • WebCT Tools
  • Hypernews
  • WebChat

    • Our Office of Technology Assisted Learning (www.otal.umd.edu/webchat.html) web server provides WebChat. This service is for any college, department, administrative unit, registered student group, or faculty/staff member whose primary focus is scholarly research and academic enhancement and who are affiliated with the University of Maryland.

    WebCT tools

    • WebCT provides access to interactive tools (e.g., discussion groups, live chats, and online assessments). Visit www.courses.umd.edu

    Hypernews

    • Hypernews is a threaded discussion product available to the university community. Visit www.forums.umd.edu

     

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