Context	Purpose
Personal Space	Each member’s home base was their “personal space” where they could create, store and share content with other members of the site.
Information Area	An information area was created as a repository of all resources required for the paper. This included administrative material, laboratory notes, information pertaining to projects and assessment, and an assortment of web links and articles.
Q & A Area	This area was set up as a question and answer area rather than a forum space. It was created for students to post questions directly to the lecturer. These questions could relate to content or course concerns.
Lecture Area	A blog tool was used to post weekly Power Point lectures. Files were first converted to flash and then embedded into the space. This allowed members to simply view the presentation without requiring a download. The blog format allowed the associated files, the original PowerPoint file and pdf file, to be attached alongside the flash presentations.
Module & Research Area	The term “Module” was used in the Management paper and “Research Area” was used in the Physiology paper. “Research area” represented research material for Physiology, and ‘Module’ included topic material in Management. Despite name differences, these two areas were very similar.
Project Areas	Both Management and Physiology included a collaborative project as part of the paper. Each site had “project group” areas set up for teams of four to six people. Within these areas students could access a large range of tools including: group calendar, group file repository, blog, discussion, wiki, chat, weblink, and survey functions. These tools could be renamed and formatted to suit the needs of the group. For example, one group used the wiki tool as a brainstorming area, another group used it to post annotations from web research.
How to	A discussion tool was customised to present animated screen captures describing how to use the site. These were embedded within an area that required members to simply click “play to view”.
Notices	This was a hidden area available to teaching staff only. This area was set up to broadcast messages across the site to all members.
Communication	Student and staff communications, that is the “student to student”, “staff to student”, “student to staff” and “staff to staff” interactions, were all facilitated via the social networking structure within the site. All members could post in various discussion areas depending on access permissions. Each member could post private messages to other members via an internal message system (similar to email). Finally, members could communicate in real-time via an instant message system. This system allowed two or more users to set up real-time chat areas.