Is participation mandatory in live discussions?

While participation is encouraged in the live class, it is not mandatory. CenterForLit teachers do not track participation grades in live sessions. They do not require students to comment out loud since there is no way to gauge the technical efficiency or noise quotients of each student's physical scenario. While they do expect students to contribute in the chat box, even there they do not take attendance from a record of each student's contributions at the end of the class.