The collaboration area includes two tools, chat and a virtual classroom, that allow you to communicate with your instructor and classmates in real time. The chat tool includes only a chat area, while the virtual classroom includes both a chat area and a whiteboard. You must have Java installed on your computer to use either of these tools.

1. To access the collaboration area, click “Communication” from the menu on the left.

2. Click “Collaboration.”

4. Check the “Tool” column to determine if the collaboration session that you will attend uses either the chat or the virtual classroom tool.  

5. If a collaboration session has started, you will see a “Join” button to the right of the session’s information. Click the “Join” button to continue. 

6. If a session hasn’t started yet, the “Join” button will not be displayed, so you should check back when the session is set to begin.

Note: If you go to the collaboration session page early and the “Join” button is not yet available, you will either need to refresh the page once the session has started or leave the collaboration session page and then return to it before you will see the “Join” button.

Select the collaboration feature your class will be using:

Chat Feature