What's new in FirstClass ED 1.1 Administrator tools FirstClass admins now have an area on the admin Desktop where they can: • see which version they are running • manage courses by:         - creating a course (including Professional Development courses)         - developing a course         - adding members to help with development         - adding a developed course to the course catalog         - making a course obsolete. • viewing all of the classrooms in the system. For more information on accessing the admin area and determining the product version, click here). For more information on managing courses and viewing classrooms, click here. A new look The toolbars for each container and object have been updated to reflect the new look of FirstClass 8.3. Existing classroom objects have been graphically enhanced. Classroom management • Except for My Classes, all references to classes have been changed to classrooms in the FirstClass ED for Teachers area documentation for easier distinction. • There is no longer a Class Info form. This has been replaced by a Course Information form accessed when you create a new course. • If given the appropriate permissions, teachers now choose courses from Course Catalog (including Professional Development courses) to copy to My Courses, and then customize their course from there. • If a course does not exist in Course Catalog and the teacher has the appropriate permissions, s/he can create and develop a new course in My Courses. • If given the appropriate permissions, teachers can create a new classroom from a course in My Courses. • Teachers can close classrooms if they are no longer teaching them. • The teacher's Inbox has been divided into two separate areas: Incoming Messages and Incoming Assignments. New classroom objects • A Journal area has been added to the classroom. Students can create private journals or class journals in their My Journals folder. • A Projects area has been added to the classroom. Teachers can create individual or group areas and add students, then the project container is added to the student's My Projects area. • Chat room support has been added to the Discussions area. Enhanced classroom objects • Teachers can create multiple discussion areas and chat rooms inside the Discussions area of each classroom.