Barbara and Vanessa, Perhaps these are areas for Bb to develop, a search facility and offline working + synchronisation. Jie -----Original Message----- From: Vanessa Quinn [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: 29 January 2003 16:52 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: Replication and Indexing Capabilities using Blackboard Hello There: I'm wondering if you might have any experience regarding the ability to use "Indexing" and also "Replication" Capabilities with blackboard. We are currently using 5.5.0 - Build 129, level 1. Is this integrated into a higher version of blackboard, if not is it possible to integrate additional software that has this capability, (such as Lotus Notes or any other software) with blackboard. We are looking to see if it is possible to synchronise content on your laptop with blackboard so all content amended/added since your last downloaded content would automactically be copied over/updated on your machine. Also, an "index view" available to users so that they can see at a glance what new content has been added where on blackboard, eliminating the need to navigate to a multitude of locations to check if content has been added. (Also a date and time stamp of files.) If anyone has any suggestions or experience please let me know. Many thanks for all your help so far. Best regards, Vanessa