I thought spellcheck was always on but I am working with an academic who cannot turn spellcheck on for announcements and discussions (or HTML pages for that matter). THe browser spell check is turned on too. It means every time he wants to type an announcement, he must first type it in word and then copy and paste over. This sounds a bit inefficient to me.
For the record, I have looked at Youtube videos and what-not, and we have no little ABC at the bottom of the text entry box as present in the videos.