I am speaking to someone at a University, which is going through big challenges as they have decided that all first year classes will be online. They have a reputation for having a good community feel, so they are looking into possibility of trying to replicate that somewhat online, in that there can be different meeting areas, and would have visuals that would provide clues as to location. Thinking that LiveView / some kind of enhanced chat functionality might be on the right track. Anyone done something like this?
