Announcements can be sent as email to students.

Allow individuals or groups to share with the class.

Create and manage real-time Virtual Classroom and Chat sessions.

Create forums to have students post and respond to messages.

Journals may be private, public, or simply between the student and instructor.

Send out email to all students in the course where the recipient list is not shown to recipients.

Wikis are collaborative tools that allow all your students to view, contribute and edit content.