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The virtual classroom environment includes a shared whiteboard, a group browser, a question-and-answer area, and a map that you can use to navigate to areas in your course. The session moderator establishes which tools users can access.

How to Access the Virtual Classroom

1. On the Control Panel, expand the Course Tools section and click Collaboration.
2. Access a virtual classroom's contextual menu and click Join.

Virtual Classroom Menu Bar

• View: Click Show in-line to view private messages within the chat area. Click Show in separate frame to view private messages in a separate window.
• Controls: Select the check boxes to grant access to tools for passive and active users. Clear a check box to delete access to a tool.
• Clear: Clear the currently visible chat display. If you are recording the session, this has no effect on the recorded chat text.
• End: Stop a session. The session is ended and all users are dismissed.
• Breakouts: Select the check boxes for the users who will participate in the breakout session. Users may only join a breakout session if they are selected by the creator of the breakout session. Users who enter a breakout session are still active in the main virtual classroom session. If a breakout session is closed, users are still active in the main session. Breakout sessions default to the same settings as the main session.

Virtual Classroom Tool Box

To begin using items on the Tool tab, click the name of a tool.

The following tools are available in the classroom tool box:

Whiteboard

The whiteboard tools allow users to draw images, type text, and present equations. The session moderator determines whether this function is made available to users.

The following table details the functions available on the whiteboard.