Using Piazza in the humanties?

[rhetoricae]

I'm curious to know whether anyone has used the Q&A tool https://piazza.com/ as an additional mode of contact/discussion in a humanities course? If so - tips? Experiences?

I'm considering using it to help facilitate student discussions & collaboration on writing projects, but not entirely certain how (or how well) it will work out.

[polly_mer]

Do your students know LaTeX or will this be another learning curve?

What do you hope to get out of this tool that isn't already on the platforms your students know?

[rhetoricae]

Most likely they don't know LaTeX, but as this isn't a course with programming or equations I was just going to make use of plain text.

I had hoped that it might be a more fluid/responsive space for interaction than the discussion forums in Blackboard. The main advantage I see is that it's participatory in a way that is similar to social media, but it's a "walled garden" which is FERPA compliant.