## Course and project sites: Overview

### What they are

- Course sites: A course site is the official work site for a particular academic course for an institution, and can be linked to a database (such as a registrar's) to automatically populate its roster.
- Project sites: Project sites are designed to facilitate collaboration. You can invite anyone you wish to join your project site.

### Key concepts

Customization: Using a web browser, you can choose from features and functions to create course and project sites that meet your needs. Here are some examples:

- A course website where students can work on and submit assignments
- A website where an instructor or project director can make announcements and share resources, such as documents or links to other websites
- A website that serves as an online discussion board

My Workspace: When you log in, you will automatically open a site called My Workspace. All users get their own My Workspace site.

Tabs: You may also see tabs for one or more course or project sites, depending on how many sites you belong to or create. If you are a member of more than four or five sites, you'll find them in the `More` drop-down menu.

Menubar: Course sites and project sites can have just a few or several functions (including announcements, a schedule, an online discussion area, assignments, electronic resources, a chat area, and more). When you create a site, you choose which tools to include, and they are added to the menubar along the left side of the screen. To access a tool, click its name in the menubar. Sites also have a "homepage", which you can access by clicking `Home` in the menubar.

### Things to consider

- For best results, use one of the following browsers:
  - Windows:
    - Internet Explorer 6.0 and newer
    - Netscape 7.1 and newer
    - Mozilla Firefox
  - Macintosh:
    - Netscape 7.1 and newer
    - Mozilla Firefox
  - Other platforms:
    - Netscape 7.1 and newer
    - Mozilla Firefox