I have created a Google site for my graduate class this semester. I will use it instead of WebCampus to contact students. Most of the syllabus info is there. I also created 12 communitary blogs (using announcement-type pages) for students to discuss scientific articles (A la Wood). The way these blogs will work is that each student will be responsible to find a current scientific paper that applies to a topic discussed in class. The rest of the students will have a week to place commentaries on that specific topic.

Could you take a look to see if the site structure makes sense? Send me an email at eabelsan@gmail.com to invite you as a collaborator to the site.