In the Computing Dept here at Lancaster we have experience of Web-based course management on 3
courses run on the Web conferencing system AXIS:
To see how they worked go to AXIS, login
as a guest (with password guest) and select Lancaster University Topics.
Each topic has a Bulletin Board for current discussions and a Knowledge Base for more long-lived information
(usually lecturer-supplied). A description of the use of Axis for one of the courses is also available.