Announcements: By default, this is the first screen you see when you enter a course. It contains important information from your instructor. Your instructor may be informing you of a new quiz or test, or a change in the syllabus.
Syllabus: The syllabus contains the outline of the course. It will highlite important dates for assignments due, as well as give the instructor's course and grading policies.
Faculty Information: This section will contain contact information for your instructor.
Lectures: This section contains the main content of the course.
Assignments: This section contains your weekly assignments.
Communication: This section contains links to communication tools, such as email, a discussion board, chat room, and group pages. We will go into more detail about these features in the next lecture.
Resources: This section contains links to information on the world wide web.
Student Tools: This section contains tools for students track tasks, keep contacts, and check grades.

Send E-mail

• You may ask a question of the Instructor or a fellow
  student.
  
• An Instructor can send work assignments to the entire
  class or answer an individual's question.
  

Discussion Board

• The Threaded Discussion area supports messages with
  attachments.
  
• Here is where the class will hold asynchronous discussions.
  Participants will post their contributions and read the postings of
  others.
  
• Many courses grade student participation in these
  discussions.
  

Virtual Classroom

• Provides an area for synchronous learning.
  
• Supports chat, whiteboard, and slide show activities.
  

Group Pages

• This section allows instructors to set up team project
  for students
  
• Only the students assigned to the group can view the
  information inside.
  
• A group may have its own private Discussion Board,
  Virtual Classroom, or File Exchange