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Three types of topics are available through the discussion tool:
- Threaded Discussions
- Collaborative Blogs
- Private Journals
A
threaded discussion provides asynchronous conversation
(not occurring simultaneously) through posted messages and
responses.
The term "threaded" indicates a message is displayed with all of its
related replies.
In online instruction, a threaded discussion gives you the opportunity to
have a discussion with your instructor and the other students in the class
electronically. Communicating online requires that you be more patient than
you would be face-to-face because you will not get immediate feedback. The
lack of facial expressions makes it more difficult to interpret the
information correctly. However, an advantage to online communication is that
you have an opportunity to think about what you want to say before posting
it. Your instructor may require peer reviews of postings. Submit a
peer review for a post by clicking on the Review this Message
button.
A collaborative blog allows the students in a class to post a
chronological series of entries on a particular topic. Students may also add
comments to any of the blog entries.
This enables participants to collaboratively create an informational
piece about a topic. You may login at any time, day or night, to contribute
to the blog's content.
A private journal gives each student a place to write and reflect.
Journals are typically kept private between the student and the instructor,
but can also be setup to be shared with the class.
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Paging Preferences
Default items per page is 10.
My Settings allows you to increase the
items listed per page (e.g. 100).
This setting refers to the number of discussion posts,
assignments, assessments, learning modules, etc. shown per
page.
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